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

1423: The Enchanted Pear Tree

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1350-1439: Stories about Married Couples > 1405-1429: The Foolish Husband and His Wife > 1423: The Enchanted Pear Tree

Description

The wife makes the husband, who has seen her adultery from the tree, believe that the tree is magic (or that he has seen double) [K1518].

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Apple Tree 1423 United States Internet Archive
Bewitched Tree 1423 British Internet Archive
Blind Man and his Wife 1423 British Internet Archive

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