Gnorisma

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A Gnorisma (origin from the Greek ) is a sign of recognition through which long separated recognize each other. It's a popular motif in ancient and medieval novels.

Often it is a piece of jewelry that z. B. is thrown into a drinking vessel (as in the Younger Hildebrandslied ), or the consciously chosen sign of high descent. We find this trivialized in Karl May's novel “The Uhlan's Love”, where a kidnapped child is recognized by a lion's fang that it is carrying.

The bow of Odysseus stands on another level , where his ability to draw it becomes a sign of identification.