Motif
Unrecognized father-son combat ending in fatal recognition
unrecognized_father_son_combat_ending_in_fatal_recognition
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.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
caucasian
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Caucasian Folk-Tales A TATAR VARIANT 235 / A TATAR VARIANT 237 / A TATAR VARIANT 239 / A TATAR VARIANT 241; lines 10326-10393 confidence: high
In the renewed fight, Rustumsal sees his strength giving way, draws a dagger, and stabs Djambachysch in the chest; the dying youth rebukes him and says his father would seek him out even in heaven.
Rustumsal fights Djambachysch without knowing him as his son, kills him with a dagger, and learns the kinship only from Djambachysch's dying words.
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persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 THE SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM / INVASION OF IRN BY AFRSIYB / THE RETURN OF KAI-KS / STORY OF SOHRB; lines 6720-6827 confidence: high
The warriors dismount and wrestle; Rustem throws Sohrb, delivers a deadly thrust with shining steel, and the narrator invokes Destiny as marking victims.
Rustem and Sohrb fight as enemies; after the mortal wound, speech and token reveal that the victim is Rustem's son.
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