Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson H12 — Recognition by song (music)

H12
Thompson motif reference
H
Tests
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Recognition by song (music). Person is recognized because the song is sung only by him or because he is the only one besides the listener who knows it. Thien Motive 9; Norse: De la Saussaye 137; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *452f.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chanson"; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 3 and the legend of Richard Coeur de Leon and Blondel; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 359; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 530, 539; New Zealand: Dixon 83; West Indies: Flowers 455.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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