The constellation
J1770 Objects with mistaken identity
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- Object thought to be animal · J1771 entry
- One object thought to be another · J1772 entry
carried in tale type
- Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319*
filed near
- Fool lays his hand on demon in the dark, believing it is male goat he has come to steal · J1769.3 entry
- Dead mistaken for the living. Man with abhorrence for corpse sleeps with one thinking it alive. (Cf. H1410.) · J1769.2.1 entry
- Dead man is thought to be alive · J1769.2 entry
- Giant thought to be a hill · J1769.1 entry
- Object thought to be animal · J1771 entry
- Big tree thought to be snake. Killed with guns and spears · J1771.1 entry
- Old sausage (roll) taken for frightening animal · J1771.2 entry
- Object thought to be a turkey · J1771.3 entry