Men, on first seeing wives with hair, think they are witches and run away

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Men, on first seeing wives with hair, think they are witches and run away.

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 J1786.6

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Man thought to be a devil or ghost.

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Man costumed as demon thought to be devil; thieves flee Woman thought to be devil; thieves flee Man mistaken for Famine and Cholera in person Priest exorcising demon mistaken for demon and beaten to death Man thought to be devil by lion Lion thinks man astride him is monster: frightened Man reported to be dead so that people flee from him as from a ghost

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