ATU 1319* Other Mistaken Identities

ATU 1319*

Other Mistaken Identities

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

Wisdom from evil spirits. 1 variant
One animal mistaken for another. 1 variant
Other mistaken animals. 1 variant
Scotsman thinks moose is a mouse, asks what rats look like in this country. (Cf. X1423.) 1 variant
Hunter mistakes louse on his eyelash for game. He shoots several times before he notices the trouble. 1 variant
Numskull thinks fireflies are mosquitoes carrying lanterns to find victims. 1 variant
Bull mistaken for horse. 1 variant
Calf mistaken for colt. 1 variant
Cat's tail mistaken for worm. 1 variant
Animal or person mistaken for something else. 1 variant
Animal thought to be object. 1 variant
Whale thought to be island. Sailors light a fire on his back. 1 variant
Turtle thought to be an island. 1 variant
Serpent is taken for island. 1 variant
White mare thought to be church. 1 variant
Glowworm thought to be a fire. The bird who tries to keep the monkeys from this error is killed for her pains. 1 variant
Fish thought to be chewed sugar-cane. Numskulls therefore throw away their fish. 1 variant
Wolf thought to be log of wood. 1 variant
Snake thought to be flute. Bites tiger who tries to play flute. 1 variant
Snake mistaken for a whip by a blind man. 1 variant
Living toad or beetles thought to be lost food and therefore eaten by numskulls. 1 variant
Man mistakes dragon for log, sits on it. (Cf. B11.) 1 variant
Bear mistaken for a floating log (blanket). 1 variant
Blind men and elephant. Four blind men feel an elephant's leg, tail, ear and body, respectively, and conclude it is like a log, a rope, a fan, and something without beginning or end. 1 variant
Fool mistakes dung-beetles for fruit: eats them. 1 variant
Animal thought to be a person. 1 variant
Animals mistaken for messengers. 1 variant
Goose mistaken for a tailor. In a ghost house he is thought to be a tailor who snips the devil with his scissors. 1 variant
Crab mistaken for tailor. 1 variant
Bear on haywagon (on horse) thought to be the preacher. 1 variant
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. 1 variant
Crab caught on tiger's tail thought to be pursuing man. 1 variant
Deer thought to be man with basket on head. 1 variant
Bees (wasps) mistaken for Jutlanders, etc. 1 variant
Dressed up monkey thought to be a nobleman. 1 variant
Lobsters mistaken for Norwegians. 1 variant
Bear mistaken for a foreigner. The strong man meets a bear in the forest, takes it for a German and struggles with it. Having strangled the bear, fears he has killed a man. 1 variant
Foolish wife believes goats' heads are human heads. 1 variant
Person thought to be an object. 1 variant
Person thought to be animal. 1 variant
One person mistaken for another. 1 variant
Objects with mistaken identity. 1 variant
Object thought to be animal. 1 variant
Big tree thought to be snake. Killed with guns and spears. 1 variant
Old sausage (roll) taken for frightening animal. 1 variant
Object thought to be a turkey. 1 variant
Bush thought to be elephant. 1 variant
Island thought to be large dog. 1 variant
One object thought to be another. 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.