ATU 910B The Observance of the Master's Precepts (previously The Servant's Good Counsels)

ATU 910B

The Observance of the Master's Precepts (previously The Servant's Good Counsels)

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

Tabu: looking into certain receptacle. 8 variants
Counsels proved wise by experience. 8 variants
"Do not act when angry": counsel proved wise by experience. Man returns home and sees someone sleeping with his wife. Though he thinks it is a paramour, he restrains himself and finds that it is a newborn son. 8 variants
"Do not go where an old man has a young wife": counsel proved wise by experience. Discovers a murder in an inn. 8 variants
"Do not leave the highway": counsel proved wise by experience. Robbers encountered. 8 variants
"Do not ask questions about extraordinary things": counsel proved wise by experience. Those who ask question killed. 8 variants
Valuable rubies baked in bread. 8 variants
Evidence of crime left so that dupe is blamed. 8 variants
Faithless wife plots with paramour against husband's life. (Cf. K2213.5.) 8 variants
Fulfillment of precepts rewarded. 8 variants
Person disenchanted. 4 variants
Disenchantment by maintaining silence. 4 variants
Avoid hasty judgment. 4 variants
Consolation by thinking of some good aspect of a situation. 4 variants
Meeting with robber band. 4 variants

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.