Objects with mistaken identity

Motif

Objects with mistaken identity.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Objects with mistaken identity. · view the constellation · filed as J1770

Cited in the index

general England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

2 finer motifs beneath it

Object thought to be animal One object thought to be another

Carried in tale types

Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319* 1 recorded variant

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