Topsy-turvy land. Land where all is opposite from the usual

Motif

Topsy-turvy land. Land where all is opposite from the usual.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about geography and topography. · Lies about geography and topography. · view the constellation · filed as X1505

Cited in the index

general BP III 244ff., *254ff.
general Wienert FFC LVI 44ff.

Within the index

Filed under Lies about geography and topography.

1 finer motif beneath it

House where omens go by contraries

Filed beside it

Schlaraffenland. (Land of Cockaygne.) Land in which impossible things happen. (Cf. X1712.) The extraordinary names. A place where animals and things are designated by senseless names. (Cf. Z32.2.1.) [First Edition: X961. Extraordinary objects or actions in Schlaraffenland.]

Carried in tale types

Topsy Turvy Land · ATU 1935 1 recorded variant

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