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Motif

Man made to believe that he is someone else.

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

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Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
  • general *Chauvin VIII 96 No. 67
Within the index

Filed under Uncertainty about own identity.

4 finer motifs beneath it
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 Man made to believe that he is a dog. He barks at people 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
Filed beside it
Person does not know himself Fool does not recognize his own house and family His pupils grab a dog's tail and think it is their master's Man does not recognize his name when it is called: he is accustomed to hear his nickname. (Cf. K1984.3.)

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