Man does not recognize his name when it is called: he is accustomed to hear his nickname. (Cf. K1984.3.)

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Man does not recognize his name when it is called: he is accustomed to hear his nickname. (Cf. K1984.3.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Uncertainty about own identity. · view the constellation · filed as J2016

Filed across the traditions

U.S. Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Uncertainty about own identity.

Filed beside it

Person does not know himself Man made to believe that he is someone else Fool does not recognize his own house and family His pupils grab a dog's tail and think it is their master's

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The girl with the ugly name. Her mother gives her a new one but the girl does not recognize it and her mother must call her by her old name

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