ATU 1725 The Lover Discovered (previously The Foolish Parson in the Trunk)

ATU 1725

The Lover Discovered (previously The Foolish Parson in the Trunk)

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

Trickster discovers adultery: food goes to husband instead of paramour. 1 variant
Trickster makes woman believe that her husband is coming to punish her adultery. She confesses. 1 variant
Trickster sends his master running after the paramour. Though the master does not know of the adultery, the lover is thoroughly frightened. 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.