The constellation
J1761 Animal thought to be object
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- Whale thought to be island. Sailors light a fire on his back · J1761.1 entry
- White mare thought to be church · J1761.2 entry
- Glowworm thought to be a fire. The bird who tries to keep the monkeys from this error is killed for her pains · J1761.3 entry
- Fish thought to be chewed sugar-cane. Numskulls therefore throw away their fish · J1761.4 entry
- Wolf thought to be log of wood · J1761.5 entry
- Snake thought to be flute. Bites tiger who tries to play flute · J1761.6 entry
- Living toad or beetles thought to be lost food and therefore eaten by numskulls · J1761.7 entry
- Man mistakes dragon for log, sits on it. (Cf. B11.) · J1761.8 entry
- Bear mistaken for a floating log (blanket) · J1761.9 entry
- Blind men and elephant. Four blind men feel an elephant's leg, tail, ear and body, respectively, and conclude it is like a log, a rope, a fan, and something without beginning or end · J1761.10 entry
- Fool mistakes dung-beetles for fruit: eats them · J1761.11 entry
carried in tale type
- Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319*