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- Animals warn wife of husband's danger. B521.4
- Man commends wife to devil. Devil takes the charge seriously and guards woman's chastity during husband's absence. C12.4
- Tabu connected with husband's or wife's relatives. C170
- Tabu: woman not to touch husband's drum (magic object). C181.1
- Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce woman. D658.2
- Transformation: wife to mistress. Transformed wife substitutes for husband's mistress. D659.7
- Magic sword protects woman from fairy lover in husband's absence. (Cf. D1081, F301.) D1386.1
- Husband's love magically turns to hatred. D1908.1
- Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory. D2006.1
- Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by detaining lovers through magic. Heroine takes up residence near home of her forgetful husband. She is apparently going to permit a lover to sleep with her when she detains him by having him try to place some magic birds on their roost. They continue to fall down throughout the night. (Or the lover is left magically sticking to a calf's tail or other object.) The thwarted lover tells of his experience, and in this way the attention of the husband is gained. D2006.1.1
- Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by serving as milkmaid and talking to calf. D2006.1.2
- Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by having magic doves converse. D2006.1.3
- Forgotten fiancée buys place in husband's bed and reawakens his memory. D2006.1.4
- Forgotten wife gives food to beggar: husband's memory reawakened. D2006.1.10
- Dead wife returns to reprove husband's second wife. E221.2
- Dead wife returns to reprove husband's second wife for abusing her step-children. E221.2.1
- Dead husband's friendly return. E321
- Saved soul of woman assists her husband's soul in battle against demons. (Cf. E754.) E756.5
- Wife goes to land of dead to procure dead husband's heart. F81.1.1
- Queen takes husband's place in battle. F565.1.3