Object thought to be animal

Motif

Object thought to be 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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics , Chapter II
Literary Crystallization Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged) , Book 3, Story 5

Within the index

Filed under Objects with mistaken identity.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Big tree thought to be snake. Killed with guns and spears Old sausage (roll) taken for frightening animal Object thought to be a turkey Bush thought to be elephant Island thought to be large dog

Filed beside it

One object thought to be another

Carried in tale types

Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319* 1 recorded variant

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