Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson J2315 — Wife persuades husband that she has returned immediately

J2315
Thompson motif reference
J
The Wise and the Foolish
1
Associated ATU tale types

Description

Motif

Wife persuades husband that she has returned immediately. She goes to a neighbor's to cook a fish. She is gone a week. She gets a new fish and cooks it and returns home with the hot fish. She convinces her husband of her short absence. Type 1406; Bédier Fabliaux 265, 458.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

These links are derived from the Thompson motif references stored in the Folklore Database's ATU concordance.

ATUTitle
ATU 1406 The merry wives wager . . .