Motif
recognition token as bodily scar
recognition_token_as_bodily_scar
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family, within the sub-family Bodily Marks, Scars, and Sensory Signs. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII; lines 10017-10117 confidence: high
Euryclea says Ulysses is by his own fireside and offers the boar scar she saw while washing him as proof.
Euryclea cites the boar scar she noticed while washing Ulysses as proof of his identity.
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