ATU 1676 The Pretended Ghost (previously Joker Posing as Ghost Punished by Victim)

ATU 1676

The Pretended Ghost (previously Joker Posing as Ghost Punished by Victim)

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

"Big 'Fraid and Little 'Fraid." Man decides to frighten another (or his son or servant). He dresses in a sheet; his pet monkey puts on a sheet and follows him. The person who is doing the scaring hears the victim say, "Run Big Fraid, run; Little Fraid'll get you." The scarer sees the monkey in the sheet, runs home. (Cf. K1833.) 2 variants
Man playing ghost killed. Meaning to frighten son, father plays devil or a ghost. Son kills him. 1 variant
Joker playing dead killed. 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.