Trickster asks husband for one thing and the wife for another. The husband's order: "Let him have what he wants." — Mythoi

Motif

Trickster asks husband for one thing and the wife for another. The husband's order: "Let him have what he wants."

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Woman persuaded (or wooed) by trick. · view the constellation · filed as K1354.2.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Seduction by bringing false order from husband.

Filed beside it

Trickster friar seduces woman under pretence of administering forgotten sacrament. When the woman objects, the husband who thinks the friar is engaging in a legitimate process, orders: "Bear the ordeal in peace." Fox sleeps with tiger's wife by giving her deceptive message from her mate

Carried in tale types

'Both' A farmhand (often an ill-treated one) is sent by the farmer into the house to get something · ATU 1563 1 recorded variant

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