Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson J1546 — Overcurious wife learns of the senate's deliberations

J1546
Thompson motif reference
J
The Wise and the Foolish
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Overcurious wife learns of the senate's deliberations. Husband (son) tells her that they have decided that each man may have many wives. Gullible wife believes it. *Crane Vitry No. 235; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 392; Herbert III 19; Alphabet No. 141; Gesta Romanorum No. 126; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 46; Scala Celi 46b No. 260; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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