One person mistaken for another

Motif

One person mistaken for another.

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 J1766

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 13
Japanese / ShintoNihongi: Chronicles of Japan, Book 19
Depth CommentaryThe Interpretation of Dreams, Chapter I
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 47XLVII. THE JEALOUS FATHER 777
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 3, Section CCVIII

Within the index

Filed under Animal or person mistaken for something else.

1 finer motif beneath it

Horsemen thought to be men mounted on cattle

Filed beside it

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

Carried in tale types

Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319*1 recorded variant

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