Man made to believe that he is a dog. He barks at people

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Man made to believe that he is a dog. He barks at people.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Uncertainty about own identity. · view the constellation · filed as J2013.2

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Type 1406
general Bédier Fabliaux 265ff.
general *Crane Vitry 227 No. 231.

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White man made to believe that he is a negro. Sleeps with a negro. His friends blacken him during the night. When he is waked up, he complains that they have waked the wrong man Pumpkin tied to another's leg. A numskull ties a pumpkin to his leg at night so that he shall know himself in the morning. Someone ties the pumpkin to another's leg and the numskull is not sure of his identity next morning Numskull made to believe he is an evil spirit

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The Three Clever Wives Wager (previously The Merry Wives' Wager) · ATU 14062 recorded variants

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