μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Turtle thought to be an island.

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 J1761.1.1

Filed across the traditions
  • U.S. Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Whale thought to be island. Sailors light a fire on his back.

Filed beside it
Serpent is taken for island
Carried in tale types

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