Person thought to be an object

Motif

Person thought to be an object.

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 J1763

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XII XII. The Sacred Marriage
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXI XXI. Tabooed Things
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCCLII
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCXLVI
Literary Crystallization Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged) , Book 3, Story 13

Within the index

Filed under Animal or person mistaken for something else.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Small priest covered with large hat thought to be a hat Girl mistaken for stone Sleeping soldier thought to be recumbent statue in chapel

Filed beside it

Animal thought to be object Animal thought to be a person 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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