Test of wife's endurance. Haughty princess married to beggar and must endure poverty and menial work — Mythoi

Motif

Test of wife's endurance. Haughty princess married to beggar and must endure poverty and menial work.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Wife tests. · view the constellation · filed as H465

Filed across the traditions

Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 10.
general *Type 900
general BP I 443ff.
general *Philippson FFC L 34ff.
general *Fb "tigge" III 793b

Within the index

Filed under Wife tests.

Filed beside it

Test of wife's patience. Griselda. Children stolen and attendance at wedding to another demanded Feigned death to test wife's faithfulness Other tests of wife's love or faithfulness Test of wife's ability to keep secret Test of wife's obedience Complacent wife agrees with all of husband's absurd statements Husband tests false wife by sleeping on her hair. Had always done so with true bride Wife tests – miscellaneous motifs

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Punishment: noble person must do menial service. (Cf. A181, H465.)

Carried in tale types

King Thrushbeard · ATU 900 8 recorded variants

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