The devil in the barrel. The naked lover hides himself in a sooty barrel. The husband receives from a curious gentleman a good sum of money for showing him the "devil" — Mythoi

Motif

The devil in the barrel. The naked lover hides himself in a sooty barrel. The husband receives from a curious gentleman a good sum of money for showing him the "devil".

Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Husband outwits adulteress and paramour. · view the constellation · filed as K1555.2

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 2900*
Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges.

Within the index

Filed under Husband carries off box containing hidden paramour. Latter exposed (otherwise discomfited).

Filed beside it

Dying woman lures paramour into chest. Asks husband to bury chest with her Chest containing paramour unwittingly taken away by husband Lover hidden in hen-coop discovered by husband

Carried in tale types

Hidden Lover Buys Freedom from Discoverer · ATU 1358A 1 recorded variant

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “gentleman” · wander