The constellation
J1772 One object thought to be another
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Objects with mistaken identity · J1770 entry
beneath it
- Pumpkin thought to be an ass's egg. Numskull thinks he has hatched out an ass's egg. He thinks that the rabbit which runs out is the colt · J1772.1 entry
- Dog mistakes mussel for an egg. Cuts his mouth · J1772.2 entry
- Coins thought to be red beans · J1772.3 entry
- Culture hero's pubic hair thought to be bear hair · J1772.4 entry
- Man puts food bowl on head thinking it a helmet · J1772.5 entry
- Fish bones in soup thought to be underdone peas · J1772.6 entry
- Fools think evening star is morning star. Start morning journey evening before · J1772.7 entry
- Cotton pods knocked off by bullock thought to be lumps of bullock's fat · J1772.8 entry
- Excrements thought to be meat and therefore eaten · J1772.9 entry
- Gun thought to be clarinet: one man blows, another presses the "keys". (Cf. K1057.) · J1772.10 entry
- Boot mistaken for an axe-sheath · J1772.11 entry
- Foolish tiger thinks dog's tail is a gun · J1772.12 entry
- Frog thinks cattle are distant country · J1772.13 entry
- Eight-oared ferry-boat mistaken for an animal which must have long legs to wade the stream · J1772.14 entry
carried in tale type
- Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319*
- The Sailor and the Oar · ATU 1379**