The constellation
K1515 The animal in the chest. The husband has locked the surprised paramour in a chest while he fetches his family as witness of his wife's unfaithfulness. She frees the lover, substitutes an animal, and discountenances the husband. (Cf. K1542, K1555, K1566, K1574.)
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- Adulteress outwits husband · K1510 entry
cross-ref
- Husband frightened by wife's paramour in hog pen. The husband sees the paramour who has hidden in the pen and says, "Who are you?" "I am a miserable hog." The husband thinks that his hogs are possessed. (Cf. K1515, K1555, K1566, K1574.) · K1542 entry
- Husband carries off box containing hidden paramour. Latter exposed (otherwise discomfited) · K1555 entry
- Cuckolded man shuts wife's paramour in chest and lies on the chest with latter's wife · K1566 entry
- Trickster as sham magician buys chest containing hidden paramour. (Cf. K1515, K1542, K1555, K1556.) · K1574 entry
carried in tale type
- The Animal in the Chest · ATU 1419B