The bear mistaken for a saint. The godless man is cheated and attacks a bear thinking it is a saint, and barely escapes with his life

Motif

The bear mistaken for a saint. The godless man is cheated and attacks a bear thinking it is a saint, and barely escapes with his life.

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 J1762.2.1

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. *1705
Russian Andrejev No. *2103.

Within the index

Filed under Bear on haywagon (on horse) thought to be the preacher.

Carried in tale types

Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319* 1 recorded variant

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