Miserly husband spies on wife, lest she cook too much — Mythoi

Motif

Miserly husband spies on wife, lest she cook too much.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W153.2.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Miserly husband spies on wife to see that she does not eat too much. Gets burned in the chimney and beaten in the bed where he hides.

Carried in tale types

The Miser · ATU 1407 1 recorded variant

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