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Used to refer to instances of trickery, deceit, and intentional misdirection

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Deception Deceitful advisor Deceitful lover Deceitful old man Deceitful old woman Deceitful son Deceitful woman Deception of would-be lover

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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Abbas Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Disguise Deceitful lover Clothes Member of Clergy Ahmed Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Accidental death Murder Adultery Unjust execution Death of lover Beheading Deceitful lover Mistaken or concealed identity Judgement Aristoteles Inset Story Lecherous old man Gullible (would-be) lover Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Humiliation Deceitful woman Old man Balneator Inset Story Deception Humiliation Adultery Gullible husband Suicide Riches Money in exchange for promise of sex Woman tricked/coerced into sex Impotence anxiety Deceitful advisor Bathing Genitalia Lesson: greed Grief Mistaken or concealed identity Capsa Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Deceitful lover Person concealed within a chest Creditor Inset Story Deception Violent punishment (Threat of) bodily mutilation Debt Deception of would-be lover Money in exchange for promise of sex Impossible conditions Revenge Blood Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes Cross dressing Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Gender play Judgement Court of law Cygni Inset Story Father/daughter relationships Deception Animal tale Violent punishment Gullible husband Deceitful old woman Childbirth Pregnancy Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Food and drink Bird Woman tricked/coerced into sex Identity object Slander: wife falsely accused Bathing Bodily transformation Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law Rape Swan Necklace Mother/son relationships Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Children Judgement Elephantinus Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Theft Food and drink Evidence False evidence of virtue Woman tricked/coerced into sex Dreams Rape Elephant Fons Inset Story Deception Pregnancy Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Cross dressing Deceitful advisor Genitalia Bodily transformation Sex change Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Marriage Gender play Fur et Luna Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches Magic Theft Punishment for theft Beating Gaza Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Familial duty Disposal of corpse Theft Punishment for theft Patricide Beheading Grief Mistaken or concealed identity Gibbosi Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Accidental death Adultery Disposal of corpse Hunchback Gladius Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Multiple lovers Sword Holofernes Inset Story Biblical narrative Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Murder Deception of would-be lover Beheading Imago Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Riches Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Imprisonment Money in exchange for promise of sex Deceitful lover Woman tricked/coerced into sex Identity object False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Inclusa Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Imprisonment Evidence False evidence of virtue Identity object Ring Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Ingenia Inset Story Gullible (would-be) lover Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Iuvenis Femina Inset Story Deception Adultery Deceitful old woman Disguise Cross dressing Deceitful lover Woman tricked/coerced into sex Old woman as go-between Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Rape Mistaken or concealed identity Gender play Old woman Jusjurandum Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Evidence False evidence of virtue Mistaken or concealed identity Judgement Latronis Filii Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Cannibalism Disguise Disposal of corpse Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Theft Punishment for theft Imprisonment Caves and underground spaces Judgement Court of law Linteum Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Familial relationships Adultery Gullible husband Mercator Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Murder Adultery Gullible husband Suicide Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Rape Friendship Grief Noverca Inset Story Father/son relationships Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Violent punishment Familial relationships Murder Gullible husband Riches Theft Punishment for theft Unjust execution Revenge Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law Marriage Children Nutrix Inset Story Deception Familial relationships Deceitful old man Murder Deceitful old woman Riches Childbirth Pregnancy (Threat of) bodily mutilation Familial duty Mistaken or concealed identity Children Old woman Judgement Court of law Pallium Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Adultery Gullible husband Deceitful old woman Failed/rejected seduction Deceitful lover Evidence Woman tricked/coerced into sex Identity object False evidence of unchastity/criminality Clothes Old woman as go-between Beating Rape Old woman Panes Inset Story Deception Illness Medicine Food and drink Body fluids Parricida Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Illness Medicine Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Food and drink Deceitful son Patricide Age versus youth Boar Polyphemus Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Illness Medicine Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Cannibalism Disguise Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Theft Punishment for theft Imprisonment Blindness Ring Puer 5 annorum Inset Story Deception Riches Theft Punishment for theft Food and drink Bathing Children Wise child Old woman Judgement Court of law Puteus Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Suicide Regina Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Adultery Failed/rejected seduction Revenge Deceitful lover Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Dog Dwarf Judgement Roma Inset Story Deception Magic Religious conflict Military conflict Mistaken or concealed identity Sapientes Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Magic Caves and underground spaces Beheading Blindness Evidence Deceitful advisor Dreams Age versus youth Senes Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Violent punishment Familial relationships Murder Familial duty Disposal of corpse Patricide Imprisonment Impossible conditions Revenge Beating Age versus youth Dog Judgement Court of law Senescalcus Inset Story Deception Illness Adultery Money in exchange for promise of sex Deceitful advisor Homosexuality Mistaken or concealed identity Senescalcus and Roma Inset Story Deception Illness Adultery Riches Magic Money in exchange for promise of sex Religious conflict Deceitful advisor Military conflict Homosexuality Mistaken or concealed identity Senex Caecus Inset Story Deception Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Overheard secret Impossible conditions Wise old woman Wise old man Blindness Spurius Inset Story Conversion to Christianity Father/son relationships Deception Deceitful woman Familial relationships Illegitimacy Murder Adultery Orientalised setting Patricide Imprisonment Revenge Religious conflict Islam Christianity Age versus youth Military conflict Mistaken or concealed identity Striga Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Overheard secret Deceitful advisor Mistaken or concealed identity Striga and Fons Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Overheard secret Cross dressing Deceitful advisor Genitalia Bodily transformation Sex change Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Mistaken or concealed identity Gender play Striges Inset Story Deception (Threat of) bodily mutilation Cannibalism Disguise Disposal of corpse Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Rooster Theft Punishment for theft Food and drink Thesaurus in puteo Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Murder Riches Deceitful son Patricide Vadium Inset Story Chastity Deception Murder Riches Failed/rejected seduction Deceitful lover Evidence Identity object Ring Person concealed within a chest False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Clothes Member of Clergy Vidua Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Suicide (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Punishment for theft Blood Evidence Marriage Death of husband Grief Virgilius Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches Theft Mistaken or concealed identity Vulpes Inset Story Deception Animal tale (Threat of) bodily mutilation Beating Fox Zuchara Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Food and drink Money in exchange for promise of sex Deceitful lover Evidence False evidence of virtue Woman tricked/coerced into sex