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

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Fool lays his hand on demon in the dark, believing it is male goat he has come to steal.

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 J1769.3

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Other creatures with mistaken identity.

Filed beside it

Giant thought to be a hill Dead man is thought to be alive

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