μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ugly woman sees beautiful woman reflected in water and thinks it is herself. Prides herself on her beauty.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Shadow mistaken for substance. · view the constellation · filed as J1791.6.1

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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.

  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone V No. 9
  • IndonesianDixon 226.
  • general *Type 408
  • general BP II 121ff.
Within the index

Filed under Diving for reflection of beautiful woman.

Filed beside it
Woman dives in water three times after reflected image of man peering down from a treeOgre sees beautiful woman reflected in water. Attempts to drink the lake dry. (Cf. J1791.3.1.)
Carried in tale types

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