ATU 888 The Faithful Wife

ATU 888

The Faithful Wife

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Shirt as chastity index. Remains white as long as woman (man) is true (Cf. D1056.) 1 variant
The exiled wife's dearest possession. A wife driven from home is allowed by her husband to take her one dearest possession. She takes her sleeping husband and effects reconciliation. 1 variant
Disguise of woman in man's clothes. (Cf. K1825.) 1 variant
Person sold into slavery. 1 variant
Disguised wife helps husband escape from prison. (Cf. R121.) 1 variant
Oft-proved fidelity. Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman. She escapes them all. 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.