ATU 1318 Mistaking a Person (Animal, Object) for a Supernatural Being (previously Objects Thought to be Ghosts)

ATU 1318

Mistaking a Person (Animal, Object) for a Supernatural Being (previously Objects Thought to be Ghosts)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Anecdotes And Jokes · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Things thought to be ghosts. 2 variants
Robber or dog in church thought to be a ghost. 2 variants
Dropping dough thought to be a ghost. It drops on the floor and the man thinks the place is haunted. 2 variants
Person in haunted house shoots off all his toes thinking they are ghosts. (Cf. J1838.) 1 variant
Man thinks own toe is snake's head and cuts it off. (Cf. J1782.8.) 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.