Gender play

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Gender play

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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif 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 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 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 Nomina Inset Story (Threat of) bodily mutilation Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Impotence anxiety Genitalia Bodily transformation Sex change Gender play Piscis Inset Story Animal tale Riches Impossible conditions Genitalia Sex change Fish Gender play 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 Voluptaria Inset Story Violent punishment Accidental death Murder Adultery Food and drink Imprisonment Revenge Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes Cross dressing Woman tricked/coerced into sex Bathing Genitalia Rape Sword Military conflict Poison Gender play Judgement