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

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

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-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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