ATU 1426 The Wife Kept in a Box

ATU 1426

The Wife Kept in a Box

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

Ascetic carries woman in his hair, but she has two lovers in her cloak and outwits him. 1 variant
Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees jealous husband who carefully guards wife cuckolded. 1 variant
Attempt to keep wife chaste by carrying her in box. In spite of all precautions she meets men. 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.