Person thought to be animal

Motif

Person thought to be animal.

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 J1765

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 3, Section CCXII
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLIII XLIII. Dionysus
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLVIII XLVIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XIII

Filed across the traditions

Jewish *Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Animal or person mistaken for something else.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Shepherd taken to be she-ass Man taken to be sheep. (Cf. X424.)

Filed beside it

Animal thought to be object Animal thought to be a person Person thought to be an object 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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