μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

Sex. · Married life. · Characteristics of wives and husbands. · view the constellation · filed as T251.1.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 129 No. 1516.
Within the index

Filed under Avoiding the shrewish wife.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Husband chooses to go to hell rather than join shrewish wife in heaven 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
Filed beside it
Belfagor. The devil frightened by the shrewish wife. A man persuades his shrewish wife to let herself be lowered into a well. When he comes to pull her out he raises a genie (devil) who is glad to escape from the woman. Later he frightens the devil by telling him that his wife has escaped Man had rather remain transformed to mule than to live with his shrewish wife Man forces devil to take back the shrewish wife Minstrel throws wife into sea: her tongue the heaviest thing on board. Ordered to throw all heavy articles overboard Thief overhears and oversees quarrel of two jealous wives. Arraigned before judge, he asks any punishment be given him rather than that of having two wives

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