Animal or person mistaken for something else

Motif

Animal or person mistaken for something else.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Animal or person mistaken for something else. · view the constellation · filed as J1760

Within the index

6 finer motifs beneath it

Animal thought to be object Animal thought to be a person Person thought to be an object Person thought to be animal One person mistaken for another Other creatures with mistaken identity

Carried in tale types

Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319* 1 recorded variant

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