μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man thought to be a devil or ghost.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 868–871, 890
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

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

8 finer motifs beneath it
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 Men, on first seeing wives with hair, think they are witches and run away Lion thinks man astride him is monster: frightened Man reported to be dead so that people flee from him as from a ghost
Filed beside it
Objects thought to be the devil Things thought to be ghosts Thing thought to be corpse Things thought to be spirits Animals thought to be the devils or ghosts Things thought at night to be other frightful object

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