Beschrijving
The Obedient Husband. (Including the previous Types 1409A–1409C.) This miscellaneous type comprises various tales (three subtypes) dealing with a husband who follows his wife’s instructions literally and without thinking. Examples:
(1) A husband is so compliant that he hangs his wife, although she had only been trying to test his willingness to obey her commands [J2523.1]. (Previously Type 1409A.)
(2) A wife (who insists on cleanliness) tells her husband (who has tracked dirt into the house) that he should go away for a while. The husband takes this command literally and goes away for many days. (Previously Type 1409B.)
Or, after some time, he sends his friend to ask his wife if he has been gone long enough yet [J2523].
(3) A husband moves slowly at the request of his wife. Therefore he comes home only at dawn, after her lover is sure to have left [J2523.2]. (Previously Type 1409C.)
(1) A husband is so compliant that he hangs his wife, although she had only been trying to test his willingness to obey her commands [J2523.1]. (Previously Type 1409A.)
(2) A wife (who insists on cleanliness) tells her husband (who has tracked dirt into the house) that he should go away for a while. The husband takes this command literally and goes away for many days. (Previously Type 1409B.)
Or, after some time, he sends his friend to ask his wife if he has been gone long enough yet [J2523].
(3) A husband moves slowly at the request of his wife. Therefore he comes home only at dawn, after her lover is sure to have left [J2523.2]. (Previously Type 1409C.)
Motief
J2523.1
J2523
J2523.2
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1409
Subgenre
mop