In the source tale , a king is hoodwinked by weavers who claim to make a suit of clothes invisible to any man not the son of his presumed father ; whereas Andersen altered the source tale to direct the focus on courtly pride and intellectual vanity rather than adulterous paternity .
In the source tale , a king is hoodwinked by weavers who claim to make a suit of clothes invisible to any man not the son of his presumed father . Andersen altered the source tale to direct the focus on courtly pride and intellectual vanity rather than adulterous paternity .