Woman in tar and feathers does not know herself

Motif

Woman in tar and feathers does not know herself.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Uncertainty about own identity. · view the constellation · filed as J2012.3

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 1383
general Fb "tjære" III 811a
general Christensen DF XLVII 35

Within the index

Filed under Person does not know himself.

Filed beside it

Numskull's beard cut off: does not know himself Woman's garments cut off: does not know herself Fool in new clothes does not know himself Man does not know himself from another identically clad Fool at baths believes he is someone else. Sees everybody naked. Puts straw on his shoulder to identify himself. Straw floats to another bather. "You are me and I am you!"

Carried in tale types

The Woman Does Not Know Herself · ATU 1383 1 recorded variant

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