ATU 1406 The Three Clever Wives Wager (previously The Merry Wives' Wager)

ATU 1406

The Three Clever Wives Wager (previously The Merry Wives' Wager)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Anecdotes And Jokes · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Man made to believe that he is a dog. He barks at people. 2 variants
Wife makes her husband believe that he is dead. (Cf. J2301.) 2 variants
Naked person made to believe that he is clothed. 2 variants
Layman made to believe that he is a monk. 2 variants
Wife persuades husband that she has returned immediately. She goes to a neighbor's to cook a fish. She is gone a week. She gets a new fish and cooks it and returns home with the hot fish. She convinces her husband of her short absence. 2 variants
Husband made to believe that his house has moved during his absence. The wife and her confederates transform the house into an inn with tables, signs, drinkers, etc. The husband cannot find his house. 2 variants
Well man made to believe that he is sick. 2 variants
Wife persuades her husband to have a good tooth pulled. 2 variants
Gullible husbands. (Cf. J2311.0.1., J2311.2, J2311.7, J2312, J2313, J2314, J2315, J2316, J2324, J2331.) 1 variant
Wives wager as to who can best fool her husband. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.