Husband chooses to go to hell rather than join shrewish wife in heaven — Mythoi

Motif

Husband chooses to go to hell rather than join shrewish wife in heaven.

Sex. · Married life. · Characteristics of wives and husbands. · view the constellation · filed as T251.1.2.1

Cited in the index

general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 757.

Within the index

Filed under Late husband chooses to remain in Purgatory rather than to return to his shrewish wife.

Filed beside it

Man in hell declares that life there is much better than on earth with his wife. Bargain with the devil: should the latter not be able to endure life with his wife for three years, the man would be released from hell. The devil is the loser

Carried in tale types

The Devil and the Evil Woman (previously The Evil Woman Thrown into the Pit) · ATU 1164 1 recorded variant

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