Wife finds lost husband just as he is to marry another — Mythoi

Motif

Wife finds lost husband just as he is to marry another.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Other lucky accidents. · Lucky accidents – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as N681.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.
general Type 425
general Tegethoff 52

Within the index

Filed under Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistress) is to marry another.

Filed beside it

Return home to one's own funeral Ruler makes ready to abandon barren wife and marry another. He remains with her when he learns that she is with child Incest accidentally averted Son returns on day his mother is to be married to another (though her husband still lives)

Carried in tale types

The Forsaken Fianc'e: Service as Menial · ATU 884 4 recorded variants
Princess and Ogress · ATU 871 1 recorded variant

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