The constellation
N681 Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistress) is to marry another
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- Return home to one's own funeral · N681.0.1 entry
- Wife finds lost husband just as he is to marry another · N681.1 entry
- Ruler makes ready to abandon barren wife and marry another. He remains with her when he learns that she is with child · N681.2 entry
- Incest accidentally averted · N681.3 entry
- Son returns on day his mother is to be married to another (though her husband still lives) · N681.4 entry
carried in tale type
- The Man on a Quest for his Lost Wife · ATU 400
- The Man who Flew like a Bird and Swam like a Fish · ATU 665
- The She-Fox's Suitors · ATU 65
- The Homecoming Husband · ATU 974