The constellation
J2013 Man made to believe that he is someone else
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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The same sky, in words
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- Uncertainty about own identity · J2010 entry
beneath it
- White man made to believe that he is a negro. Sleeps with a negro. His friends blacken him during the night. When he is waked up, he complains that they have waked the wrong man · J2013.1 entry
- Man made to believe that he is a dog. He barks at people · J2013.2 entry
- Pumpkin tied to another's leg. A numskull ties a pumpkin to his leg at night so that he shall know himself in the morning. Someone ties the pumpkin to another's leg and the numskull is not sure of his identity next morning · J2013.3 entry
- Numskull made to believe he is an evil spirit · J2013.4 entry