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Motif

The lovers as pursuer and fugitive. The wife is visited by two gallants. When the husband approaches, one goes out with drawn sword; the other hides in the house. She convinces her husband that she has given refuge to a fugitive.

Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Adulteress outwits husband. · view the constellation · filed as K1517.1

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Scholars’ trail — 11references

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  • Italian Novella*Rotunda
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 1419D
  • general *Bédier Fabliaux 229ff.
  • general *Basset 1001 Contes II 143
  • general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 186 No. 351
  • general *Chauvin VIII 39 No. 7, IX 21 No. 8
  • general Boccaccio Decameron VII No. 6 (Lee 203)
  • general von der Hagen II xxxii ff
  • general Dunlop-Wilson II 114ff.
  • general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 99b. Spanish Exempla: Keller
Within the index

Filed under Paramour escapes by disguise.

1 finer motif beneath it
One lover disguised and carried out of house by other. The wife has the lover put on a robe and stand in the corner; she tells the husband that a tradesman has left the robe and will return for it. The other lover comes and she gives him the "robe"
Filed beside it
Paramour poses as doctorParamour in vat: disguise as vat-buyer. Husband thinks he is testing the vatLover hidden in chest with feathers. Husband believes he is a devil. (Cf. K1218.1.)Paramour poses as unsuccessful suitor. When surprised with the wife he tells the husband that he has been trying to force the woman, with no success. The wife supports the statementParamour escapes disguised as monkParamour disguised as pregnant womanParamour poses as robberParamour disguised as cloth merchant is surprised by the husband. He asks the woman to be paid for a pretended saleParamour leaving love-tryst is met by husband. Pretends he had come to see him on businessParamour escapes by pretending to be returning borrowed basketEscaping paramour said to be a deity
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