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

Filed across the traditions

Russian Andrejev 1322**
India Thompson-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 1323 1 recorded variant

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