Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees jealous husband who carefully guards wife cuckolded

Motif

Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees jealous husband who carefully guards wife cuckolded.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by thought of others worse placed. · view the constellation · filed as J882.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda
India Thompson-Balys.
general *Wesselski Märchen 185 No. 1
general Köhler-Bolte II 625

Within the index

Filed under Man with unfaithful wife comforted.

Filed beside it

Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees the queen's unfaithfulness Man whose wife gives him bath only once a week comforted by one who does so once a year

Carried in tale types

The Wife Kept in a Box · ATU 1426 1 recorded variant

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