Old sausage (roll) taken for frightening animal

Motif

Old sausage (roll) taken for frightening animal.

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 J1771.2

Cited in the index

general Christensen DF XLVII 174 no. 2.

Within the index

Filed under Object thought to be animal.

Filed beside it

Big tree thought to be snake. Killed with guns and spears Object thought to be a turkey Bush thought to be elephant Island thought to be large dog

Carried in tale types

Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319* 1 recorded variant

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