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|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967); Clouston (1884) | |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967); Clouston (1884) | ||
|Has Motif=Adultery; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Gullible husband; Impotence anxiety; Deceitful advisor; Deception; Bathing; Suicide; Humiliation; Genitalia; Riches; Lesson: greed; Woman tricked/coerced into sex; Grief; Mistaken or concealed identity | |Has Motif=Adultery; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Gullible husband; Impotence anxiety; Deceitful advisor; Deception; Bathing; Suicide; Humiliation; Genitalia; Riches; Lesson: greed; Woman tricked/coerced into sex; Grief; Mistaken or concealed identity; Coerced sex | ||
|Has Summary='''The Bathhouse Keeper''' ''(for comparison, see this story's analogue [[Senescalcus]])'' | |Has Summary='''The Bathhouse Keeper''' ''(for comparison, see this story's analogue [[Senescalcus]])'' | ||
A prince visits the local bathhouse, and upon seeing his enormous size, and the way his genitals are hidden behind his belly, the bathhouse attendant weeps. The prince asks the reason for his tears, and the attendant explain that he believes the prince will be unable to have children because of his weight. The prince demands that the attendant bring him a woman to sleep with, whom he will pay 300 gold pieces. The attendant takes the gold, but calculates that the prince will be unable to have sex at all, so he decides to send his own wife to the prince and keep the gold for himself. He does so, and some time later, peeks through the window and is horrified to see his wife and the prince having sex. He begs for her to stop, and she asks, 'But isn't this what you wanted?' Shamed and upset, the bathhouse keeper leaves, and takes his own life. | A prince visits the local bathhouse, and upon seeing his enormous size, and the way his genitals are hidden behind his belly, the bathhouse attendant weeps. The prince asks the reason for his tears, and the attendant explain that he believes the prince will be unable to have children because of his weight. The prince demands that the attendant bring him a woman to sleep with, whom he will pay 300 gold pieces. The attendant takes the gold, but calculates that the prince will be unable to have sex at all, so he decides to send his own wife to the prince and keep the gold for himself. He does so, and some time later, peeks through the window and is horrified to see his wife and the prince having sex. He begs for her to stop, and she asks, 'But isn't this what you wanted?' Shamed and upset, the bathhouse keeper leaves, and takes his own life (specifically, hangs himself, in some versions). | ||
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(From Mishle Sendebar) | |||
|Has Note=This story is a direct parallel of [[Senescalcus]] - see both stories for contrast. | |||
[[Nishimura (2001)]] notes a number of motif index analogues and related stories, including: | [[Nishimura (2001)]] notes a number of motif index analogues and related stories, including: | ||
Latest revision as of 13:53, 18 June 2025
The Bathhouse Keeper (for comparison, see this story's analogue Senescalcus)
A prince visits the local bathhouse, and upon seeing his enormous size, and the way his genitals are hidden behind his belly, the bathhouse attendant weeps. The prince asks the reason for his tears, and the attendant explain that he believes the prince will be unable to have children because of his weight. The prince demands that the attendant bring him a woman to sleep with, whom he will pay 300 gold pieces. The attendant takes the gold, but calculates that the prince will be unable to have sex at all, so he decides to send his own wife to the prince and keep the gold for himself. He does so, and some time later, peeks through the window and is horrified to see his wife and the prince having sex. He begs for her to stop, and she asks, 'But isn't this what you wanted?' Shamed and upset, the bathhouse keeper leaves, and takes his own life (specifically, hangs himself, in some versions).
(From Mishle Sendebar)
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This story is a direct parallel of Senescalcus - see both stories for contrast. Nishimura (2001) notes a number of motif index analogues and related stories, including: Motifs: TMI J2199 Absurd shortsightedness; J2301 Gullible husband; K1544 Husband unwittingly instrumental in wife’s adultery. Analogies: Gower, Confessio Amantis, 5.3 ‘The Story of the King and the Wife of his Seneschal’; Ben Jonson, Volpone. Reference stories, etc.: Kathasaritsagara, ch. 43, ’60. Story of Arthalobha and his Beautiful Wife’; Hitopadesha, 1.7, ‘The Merchant’s Bride’; Gesta Romanorum, 151 ‘Aussatz durch Beischlaf’; Bandello, Le Novelle, 4.28; Decameron, 8.4; Les Cent Nouvelle Nouvelle, 9; Sermini, Le Novelle, 26; Poggio, Facezie, 238; Sacchetti, Trecento Novelle, 206; Balzac, Les Contes Drolatiques, 2.2 ‘The Celibate King’. |
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| Nishimura (2001), Epstein (1967), Clouston (1884) |
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