The constellation
J2342 Husband refuses to believe in wife's infidelity
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Nature of gullibility · J2310 entry
beneath it
- Husband refuses to believe that his wife is unfaithful, even when she is caught in the act · J2342.1 entry
- Husband away three years accepts children born in his absence as his own · J2342.2 entry
- She knows best: woman denies accusation of adultery. Husband dismisses the truthful accusers saying that she knows her shortcomings better than anyone else, and she denies it · J2342.3 entry
- Husband praises wife's fidelity. Rascal tests it and finds it lacking · J2342.4 entry
- Only husband remains ignorant about his wife's infidelity · J2342.5 entry
carried in tale type
- The Three Months' Child · ATU 1362A*