Trickster makes woman believe that her husband is coming to punish her adultery. She confesses

Motif

Trickster makes woman believe that her husband is coming to punish her adultery. She confesses.

Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Trickster outwits adulteress and paramour. · view the constellation · filed as K1572

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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general *Type 1725
general BP II 131
general Christiansen Norske Eventyr 136.

Within the index

Filed under Trickster outwits adulteress and paramour.

Filed beside it

Trickster discovers adultery: food goes to husband instead of paramour Trickster sends his master running after the paramour. Though the master does not know of the adultery, the lover is thoroughly frightened Trickster as sham magician buys chest containing hidden paramour. (Cf. K1515, K1542, K1555, K1556.)Second lover burns paramour at window with hot iron God Vishnu in shape of nephew scares and torments his aunt's lover

Carried in tale types

The Man who Got a Night's Lodging · ATU 15441 recorded variant
The Lover Discovered (previously The Foolish Parson in the Trunk) · ATU 17251 recorded variant

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