Other things with mistaken identities

Motif

Other things with mistaken identities.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1809

Within the index

Filed under One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it

Old woman's sneeze mistaken for gunfire

Filed beside it

Breath in the cold thought to be tobacco smoke Words in a foreign language thought to be insults Learned words misunderstood by uneducated Conversation by sign language mutually misunderstood Other misunderstandings of words Setting sun mistaken for fire

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