Wager on the most obedient wife. The husband tames his shrewish wife so that he wins the wager — Mythoi

Motif

Wager on the most obedient wife. The husband tames his shrewish wife so that he wins the wager.

Chance and fate. · Wagers and gambling. · Wagers on wives, husbands, or servants. · view the constellation · filed as N12

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian (Zuñi) Boas JAFL XXXV 76.
general *Type 901
general *Wesselski Märchen 216 No. 24
general von der Hagen I lxxxii
general *Köhler-Bolte I 137
general Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"

Within the index

Filed under Wagers on wives, husbands, or servants.

1 finer motif beneath it

Wager: raja's daughter will bring servant dinner in field. Merchant ignorant that she is his wife

Filed beside it

Wager on wife's complacency. Though the man has foolishly bargained everything away, she praises him and he wins the wager Husbands wager that they will be able to do what wives tell them to do. One is told to drown himself: loses wager Chastity wager. A man makes a wager on his wife's chastity. In spite of unsuccessful attempts to seduce her and of false proofs presented, he wins the wager Wagers on unborn children Wager on truthfulness of servant. The servant is sent to a neighbor's where he is made drunk and is seduced by the neighbor's wife. He tells the master all

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Fathers whose unborn children are affianced wager as to mastery in the house. (Cf. N12.)

Carried in tale types

Taming of the Shrew · ATU 901 1 recorded variant

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