Moonlight thought to be substance

Motif

Moonlight thought to be substance.

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 J1796

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Filed under Shadow mistaken for substance.

1 finer motif beneath it

Men build hedge to keep in the moonlight. (Cf. J1904.2.)

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 Statue mistaken for living original. (Cf. K1840.) Image in mirror mistaken for picture

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