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

1418: The Equivocal Oath

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1350-1439: Stories about Married Couples > 1405-1429: The Foolish Husband and His Wife > 1418: The Equivocal Oath

Description

A husband insists that his wife take oath that she has been intimate with no one but himself. The paramour masks as ass-driver. She hires an ass from him, falls down, and lets him pick her up. She swears no one has touched her except the husband and…

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Without Title 1418 Netherlands 1554 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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