μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Similar sounding words mistaken for each otherUnusual word misunderstood. Strange resultsNumskull referring to a forgotten name keeps saying "I have lost it." People dive into tank to recover treasure they think he has lostA fool given money to buy something to eat; goes around asking for a thing called "something."
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Breath in the cold thought to be tobacco smokeWords in a foreign language thought to be insultsLearned words misunderstood by uneducatedConversation by sign language mutually misunderstoodSetting sun mistaken for fireOther things with mistaken identities

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