The obstinate wife: insists on eating three of the five eggs — Mythoi

Motif

The obstinate wife: insists on eating three of the five eggs.

Sex. · Married life. · Characteristics of wives and husbands. · view the constellation · filed as T255.4.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under The obstinate wife: the third egg. The husband and the wife dispute as to who shall eat the third egg. She pretends to die. At the grave she asks him, "Do I eat two of the three eggs?" and he gives his consent. She jumps up and cries out "I eat two!" and everyone flees except a lame man who exclaims, "Poor me and the other one!"

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