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

1407: The Miser

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1350-1439: Stories about Married Couples > 1405-1429: The Foolish Husband and His Wife > 1407: The Miser

Description

Gives his wife too little to eat. On the advice of the servant boy, he spies on her from inside the chimney, under the bolster, etc. Gets burned in the chimney, beaten in the bed. [W153.2]. Cf. Types 1373, 1458.

Variants

1407A. Everything!

Greedy and sick old man or woman sees servant girl eating a great deal. Complains that she is eating up everything from her employers. Girl hears only »everything» and takes this as a testament. [Cf. J1521.2].

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	1407A	Netherlands		1903	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	1407A	Netherlands		1910	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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