μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tiger mistaken for goat. Fool trying to steal goat in dark catches thieving tiger.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · One animal mistaken for another. · view the constellation · filed as J1758.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Tiger (lion, etc.) mistaken for domestic animal.

1 finer motif beneath it
Fool rides tiger thinking it to be a big male-goat
Filed beside it
Tiger thought to be dog Tiger mistaken for ass Thief mistakes leopard for calf (ass) Lion thought to be donkey: drunkard rides it Stupid husband mistakes tiger-cubs for jungle cats despite wife's judgment

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