Motif
Recognition by wound and personal token
recognition_by_wound_and_personal_token
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
caucasian
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Caucasian Folk-Tales THE BEAUTIFUL HELENA 131 / THE BEAUTIFUL HELENA 133 / THE BEAUTIFUL HELENA 135 / THE BEAUTIFUL HELENA 137; lines 6231-6353 confidence: high
The raiders kill sleeping townspeople, seize valuables, and are attacked by rallied inhabitants; Sane aids his weakening wife, is wounded by an arrow, and she binds his hand with her silk kerchief.
Sane is wounded and bandaged with the wife’s silk kerchief; she later sees the kerchief on her husband’s hand and identifies him as her deliverer.
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