Windmill thought to be holy cross (church, God)

Motif

Windmill thought to be holy cross (church, God).

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 J1789.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

RussianAndrejev 1322**
IndiaThompson-Balys.
general Type 1322**
general Christensen DF XLVII 212 No. 68

Within the index

Filed under Things thought at night to be other frightful object.

Filed beside it

Clock ticking thought to be gnawing of mice

Carried in tale types

The Windmill Thought to be a Holy Cross · ATU 13231 recorded variant

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