Statue mistaken for living original. (Cf. K1840.)

Motif

Statue mistaken for living original. (Cf. K1840.)

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 J1794

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 71 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Shadow mistaken for substance.

Filed beside it

Numskull thinks his shadow is a man pursuing him Shadow mistaken for thief: is beaten Monkey seeing tiger attack his shadow is frightened so that he falls from tree Reflection in water thought to be the original of the thing reflected Picture mistaken for original Mask mistaken for face Image in mirror mistaken for picture Moonlight thought to be substance

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Deception by substitution

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Person comes to life Person falls into ogre's power Ogre carries victim in bag (basket) Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house Mask mistaken for face Contest won by magic Captor's bag filled with animals or objects while captives escape False beauty-doctor. The trickster pretends to make the dupe beautiful. Injures him Sham physician Fugitive discovered by reflection in water Shepherdess born of red and blue egg

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