Watch mistaken for the devil's eye. Knocked to pieces

Motif

Watch mistaken for the devil's eye. Knocked to pieces.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc. · view the constellation · filed as J1781.2

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 1679*.
general Type 1321*
general Christensen DF XLVII 187

Within the index

Filed under Objects thought to be the devil.

Filed beside it

Steamship thought to be the devil Glowing wheel supposed to be the devil

Carried in tale types

The Watch Mistaken for the Devil's Eye · ATU 1319A* 1 recorded variant

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