Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

1384: The husband hunts for three persons as stupid as his wife

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1350-1439: Stories about Married Couples > 1380-1404: The Foolish Wife and Her Husband > 1384: The husband hunts for three persons as stupid as his wife

Description

Cf. Types 1450, Clever Elsie; 1385, The Foolish Wife's Pawn. The man finds three as foolish [H1312.1]. Cf. Type 1540, The Student from Paradise. This type combines with many others, particularly 1310, 1245, 1265, 1286, 1326, 1371*, 1385, 1386, 1387…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Somme kjerringer er slike1384NorwegianAsbjørnsen & MoeNorway_
Die klugen Leute1384GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Clever People 1384 German Internet Archive
Dommer as dom 1384 Netherlands 1972 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Great Need 1384 United States Internet Archive
Nog dommer dan dom 1384 Netherlands 1896 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Not a Pin to choose between them 1384 Norse Internet Archive
Some Wives are that Way 1384 Norway Internet Archive
Th' Lad at went oot to look fer Fools 1384 British Internet Archive
Three More Bigger Fools 1384 African-American Internet Archive
Three Sillies 1 1384 British Internet Archive
Van den man die uitging om domme menschen te zoeken. 1384 Netherlands 1901 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Woman Called Rice Pudding 1384 Arab Internet Archive

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