Trickster sets fire to barrel of tow in which paramour is hidden. The paramour, naked, runs out carrying wisps of burning tow. The trickster tells the husband that he has raised the devil — Mythoi

Motif

Trickster sets fire to barrel of tow in which paramour is hidden. The paramour, naked, runs out carrying wisps of burning tow. The trickster tells the husband that he has raised the devil.

Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Husband outwits adulteress and paramour. · view the constellation · filed as K1554.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under The husband sets house afire and ousts hidden paramour.

Carried in tale types

Hidden Lover Buys Freedom from Discoverer · ATU 1358A1 recorded variant