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- Faithful dog killed by overhasty master: thinks mistakenly he has returned home against orders. (Cf. Llewellyn and his dog.) B331.2.2
- Clerics mistaken for fairies. F234.2.4.1
- His proper title. A peasant goes to a judge and thinking to gain his favor addresses him with high titles. The judge calls him a fool. "I was mistaken, you swine!" J1286
- Mistaken identity. A bride slips up behind her husband and kisses him. He is annoyed. She: "Pardon me, I did not know it was you" J1485
- Husband mistaken for lover in bed. Farmer has whiskers shaved off, hair cut short. He gets home late, slips into bed with his wife. She runs her hand over his face, says: "Young man, if you're goin' to do anything, you'd better be agittin' at it, 'cause Old Whiskers'll be here pretty soon." J1485.1
- One animal mistaken for another. J1750
- Tiger (lion, etc.) mistaken for domestic animal. J1758
- Tiger mistaken for goat. Fool trying to steal goat in dark catches thieving tiger. J1758.1
- Tiger mistaken for ass. J1758.3
- Other mistaken animals. J1759
- Bull mistaken for horse. J1759.4
- Calf mistaken for colt. J1759.4.1
- Cat's tail mistaken for worm. J1759.5
- Animal or person mistaken for something else. J1760
- Snake mistaken for a whip by a blind man. J1761.6.1
- Bear mistaken for a floating log (blanket). J1761.9
- Animals mistaken for messengers. J1762.0.1
- Goose mistaken for a tailor. In a ghost house he is thought to be a tailor who snips the devil with his scissors. J1762.1
- Crab mistaken for tailor. J1762.1.2
- The bear mistaken for a saint. The godless man is cheated and attacks a bear thinking it is a saint, and barely escapes with his life. J1762.2.1