Avoiding the shrewish wife.
Sex. · Married life. · Characteristics of wives and husbands. · view the constellation · filed as T251.1
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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 Late husband chooses to remain in Purgatory rather than to return to his shrewish wife 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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Man ejected from heaven for folly of marrying twice Christ, not having married, knew nothing about suffering. So thinks the man after hearing all about Christ's torments Man reprimanded by judge for marrying several times. The man replies that he was always looking for a good wife Taming the shrew. By outdoing his wife in shrewishness the husband renders her obedient St. Peter's wife meets him with a broom handle. She is waiting for him at the rear door of the house Socrates and Zanthippe: "After thunder rain". He thus remarks as she empties slops on his head Strength in words, in herbs, and in stones. When first two do not cure shrewish wife, the last does. (Cf. J1563.6, J1581.2, J2412.5.) The browbeaten husband from under the table: "The man always has a man's heart." Husband will not search for shrewish wife who has run away from him Shrewish wife gives husband beating every morning Husband consoled by seeing woman even more shrewish than his wife. (Cf. J882.) Wife beats her husband and eats up everything he earns Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness
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