Giant thought to be a hill

Motif

Giant thought to be a hill.

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 J1769.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 24
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 7 VII. RAVEN’S ADVENTURES 3°

Cited in the index

general BP III 333 (Grimm No. 183). → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 183

Within the index

Filed under Other creatures with mistaken identity.

Filed beside it

Dead man is thought to be alive Fool lays his hand on demon in the dark, believing it is male goat he has come to steal

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