ATU 1409 The Obedient Husband

ATU 1409

The Obedient Husband

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

The obedient husband: the leave of absence. His wife says, "You may go away for a little while." He stays away for days and then sends a messenger to his wife asking if he has been away long enough. 1 variant
Obedient husband hangs his wife. Wife had wished only to test her husband's love for her. 1 variant
Obedient husband walks slowly. Arrives home after dawn when wife's lover has gone. 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.