Implicating phrygian_cap → hat
Link to implication

Reason:

Phrygian Cap is a type of hat.

Misc.

I'm trying to wrap my brain around something. According to Wikipedia, Link's hat is a phrygian cap (I keep mispronouncing it as "friggin' cap"). Santa's hat, which looks very similar to Link's hat, is a stocking cap according to google yet wikipedia says stocking cap is type of beanie/knit cap, but Santa's hat is usually sewn, not knitted. Gnomes wear hats like Link's but are just referred to as conical hats or gnome hats. Wikipedia says smurfs wear phrygian caps but others sources say they wear gnome hats. Then there's night caps, which also look similar.

The only thing I know for certain is that smurfs wear phrygian caps (usually, there are a few exceptions). Everything else is mixed up. Is Link's hat a phrygian cap or a stocking cap like Santa's hat? Are phrygian cap and stocking cap the same thing? Does whether it's knitted or not make a difference? Does whether or not it has a pompom on the end matter? Why are all the sources giving me conflicting info?

BlueDingo is confused.
It hurts itself in its confusion.

Looks like Phrygian caps have a stiffer cone-base to them, whereas stocking caps are soft and flap down immediately. It's kind of weird, Link's hat does look completely different from the ones the Smurfs wear, and according to wikipedia, a Phrygian hat just has the tip folded over, while Link's flows freely like a stocking cap.

Well, y'know what they say: Wikipedia isn't the best source of information.

I've been under the impression that phrygian caps always point forwards, otherwise it's some other cap type. Granted, I've only seen phrygian caps in games, so that might be incorrect.

And I suppose they could be worn the wrong way around.

Still, as far as I know, only the first of these wiki thumbnails is an actual phrygian_cap:
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