Motif
Recognition by personal tokens
recognition_by_personal_tokens
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family, within the sub-family Material Tokens, Rings, and Talismans. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
3 occurrences
3 traditions
basque (1) · greek (1) · jewish christian (1)
basque
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Basque Legends ARTZAIN DOHATSUA. / THE HAPPY SHEPHERD. / ARTZAIN ZAHARRAC. THE OLD SHEPHERDS. / NOTES; lines 10891-11013 confidence: high
In Campbell's Sea-Maiden, a king's daughter puts an earring in a man's ear to wake him and later recognizes him by earrings and ring, instead of by dress pieces and serpent tongues.
The passage compares recognition by earrings and a ring with recognition by dress pieces and serpent tongues.
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greek
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The Odyssey ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX; lines 8533-8618 confidence: high
“I shall put you to the test... Tell me, then, how he was dressed, what kind of a man he was to look at, and so also with his companions.”
Penelope tests the stranger with details about Ulysses, and the described clothes and brooch are recognized as items she personally gave him.
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jewish christian
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Genesis Chapter 36 / Chapter 37 / Footnotes / Chapter 38; lines 2513-2577 confidence: high
Judah promised a young goat; Tamar requested a pledge, and Judah gave his signet, cord, and staff before she conceived by him.
Judah’s signet, cord, and staff are given as a pledge and later serve to identify the man by whom Tamar is pregnant.
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