Lover demands return of cloth on threat to await the husband's return — Mythoi

Motif

Lover demands return of cloth on threat to await the husband's return.

Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Other deceits connected with adultery. · view the constellation · filed as K1581.5.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Lover's gift regained: piece of cloth as gift. The lover regains by a ruse and thievery the borrowed piece of cloth which he has presented to his mistress.

Filed beside it

Lover claims payment for cloth in the presence of the husband. The woman returns the cloth but puts a live coal in it. Destroys his whole supply

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