The subject matter is Andersen's fairy tale. 'The false' is taken as a phallus but is really only an anal fecal penis trying to pass as a genital. Lack of an adequate paternal identification is the chief determinant of the problem. In patients presenting this picture, there is a paranoid homosexual nucleus. The author draws upon psychoanalytic material as well as works of literature, Strindberg's in particular. This is an interesting, well-written paper.