The Burned Cloak
A man falls in love with a married woman, but is rebuffed. He asks an old woman to help, and she tells him to go to the market and buy a cloak from the the woman's husband. She then burns three holes in the cloak, and goes herself to the woman's house, and asks for refreshment. When the married woman leaves the room to fetch water for her, the old woman leaves the cloak on the bed. Later, the husband returns, finds the cloak he just sold to another man in his own bed, and assumes that his wife has been unfaithful. He beats his wife in a fury. She flees the house, and the old woman tells her she can take her to a doctor; instead, she takes her to the would-be lover's house, and leaves her at his mercy. The next day, the old woman returns, comforts the wife, and tells her everything can be fixed. The old woman concocts a lie, and the husband is led to believe that after buying the cloak, the young man burned it and gave it to the old woman to mend, and that she then carelessly left it at the house of the married couple. When the husband sees the burn marks on the cloak, he believes the old woman's story, regrets his treatment of his wife, and sends her gifts and apologies until she forgives him.
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Nishimura notes related motifs (TMI K1543, ATU 1378: The marked coat in the wife’s room) and relevant analogues and references, including: King Shah Bakht and his Wazir Al-Rahwan, 12.xa, 'The Story of the Crone and the Draper’s Wife' (combined with '70: Leo'), and Fabliau MR 110, 'D’Aubrée la vielle maquerelle'.
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| Pallium appears in the following versions and secondary versions
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| Pallium is narrated in the following occurrences
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| Fifth Master |
Libro de los Engaños, Madrid Real Academia Española 'El Conde Lucanor', Ms. 15
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| Seventh Master |
Berlin Staatsbibliothek Sprenger 1368, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France Arabe 3639, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3670
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| Third Master |
Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 618, Hebrew Group A, Hebrew Group B, Hebrew Prints, Latin Mishle Sendebar, Mishle Sendebar
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