Objects thought to be the devil

Motif

Objects thought to be the devil.

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

Within the index

Filed under Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Steamship thought to be the devil Watch mistaken for the devil's eye. Knocked to pieces Glowing wheel supposed to be the devil

Filed beside it

Things thought to be ghosts Thing thought to be corpse Things thought to be spirits Animals thought to be the devils or ghosts Man thought to be a devil or ghost Things thought at night to be other frightful object

Carried in tale types

The Crab Is Thought to Be the Devil · ATU 1310* 1 recorded variant

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