The constellation
T251 The shrewish wife
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- Man ejected from heaven for folly of marrying twice · T251.0.1 entry
- Christ, not having married, knew nothing about suffering. So thinks the man after hearing all about Christ's torments · T251.0.2 entry
- Man reprimanded by judge for marrying several times. The man replies that he was always looking for a good wife · T251.0.3 entry
- Avoiding the shrewish wife · T251.1 entry
- Taming the shrew. By outdoing his wife in shrewishness the husband renders her obedient · T251.2 entry
- St. Peter's wife meets him with a broom handle. She is waiting for him at the rear door of the house · T251.3 entry
- Socrates and Zanthippe: "After thunder rain". He thus remarks as she empties slops on his head · T251.4 entry
- Strength in words, in herbs, and in stones. When first two do not cure shrewish wife, the last does. (Cf. J1563.6, J1581.2, J2412.5.) · T251.5 entry
- The browbeaten husband from under the table: "The man always has a man's heart." · T251.6 entry
- Husband will not search for shrewish wife who has run away from him · T251.7 entry
- Shrewish wife gives husband beating every morning · T251.8 entry
- Husband consoled by seeing woman even more shrewish than his wife. (Cf. J882.) · T251.9 entry
- Wife beats her husband and eats up everything he earns · T251.10 entry
- Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness · T251.11 entry