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

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone V No. 9
  • Indonesian Dixon 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 tree Ogre sees beautiful woman reflected in water. Attempts to drink the lake dry. (Cf. J1791.3.1.)
Carried in tale types

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “beautiful” · wander