Faithless widow ready to marry messenger who brings news of husband's death. The husband, however, has only feigned death to test her. (Cf. T235.) — Mythoi

Motif

Faithless widow ready to marry messenger who brings news of husband's death. The husband, however, has only feigned death to test her. (Cf. T235.)

Sex. · Married life. · Faithlessness in marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T231.3

Cited in the index

general *Type 1350.

Within the index

Filed under The faithless widow.

1 finer motif beneath it

Faithless widow offers city to killer of her husband if he will marry her

Filed beside it

Faithless widow betrothed anew at husband's funeral Faithless widow fans husband's grave. She does not want to remarry until the body is cold (or the earth on the grave is dry) Faithless widow's heartlessness repels the new suitor. She obeys him when he tells her to knock out the teeth of her dead husband. Fearing like treatment, he leaves Faithless widow marries slayer of husband

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Husband transforms himself to test his wife's faithfulness. (Cf. T231.3.)

Carried in tale types

The Soon-Consoled Widow (previously The Loving Wife) · ATU 1350 1 recorded variant

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