μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The faithless wife asks her gullible husband how he would act if he were blind. The husband closes his eyes; meanwhile the lover escapes.

Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Adulteress outwits husband. · view the constellation · filed as K1516.6

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under The husband's good eye covered. The wife holds a cloth in front of his one good eye, so that he cannot see the paramour.

Filed beside it
The husband's good eye treated. The wife pretends to treat his one good eye, so that he cannot see the paramour Girl covers nurse's one good eye so that she cannot see her lover Adulteress extinguishes light to hide her paramour Adulteress covers husband's eyes during incantation. Meanwhile paramour escapes Adulteress persuades husband to milk cow with his eyes blindfolded: meets lover. (Cf. Chaucer's Merchant's Tale.) Wife washes husband's hair hiding his eyes while lover escapes unseen Wife has husband look for hole in pot she has bought, allowing lover to escape unseen Wife shows husband her milk-filled breasts and squirts milk in his eyes allowing lover to escape unseen

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