Obedient husband hangs his wife. Wife had wished only to test her husband's love for her

Motif

Obedient husband hangs his wife. Wife had wished only to test her husband's love for her.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Foolish extremes. · Foolish extreme. · view the constellation · filed as J2523.1

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LithuanianBalys Index No. *1378.

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Filed under The obedient husband: the leave of absence. His wife says, "You may go away for a little while." He stays away for days and then sends a messenger to his wife asking if he has been away long enough.

Filed beside it

Obedient husband walks slowly. Arrives home after dawn when wife's lover has gone

Carried in tale types

The Obedient Husband · ATU 14091 recorded variant

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