Man does not know himself from another identically clad

Motif

Man does not know himself from another identically clad.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Uncertainty about own identity. · view the constellation · filed as J2012.5

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , Chapter 13
Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 11

Cited in the index

general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 214 No. 43.

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Filed beside it

Numskull's beard cut off: does not know himself Woman's garments cut off: does not know herself Woman in tar and feathers does not know herself Fool in new clothes does not know himself 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

Man Needs Patch on Pants to Recognize Himself · ATU 1284B 1 recorded variant

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