μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Other creatures with mistaken identity.

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

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Filed under Animal or person mistaken for something else.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Giant thought to be a hillDead man is thought to be aliveFool lays his hand on demon in the dark, believing it is male goat he has come to steal
Filed beside it
Animal thought to be objectAnimal thought to be a personPerson thought to be an objectPerson thought to be animalOne person mistaken for another

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