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Imprisonment

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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif 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 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 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 Samson Inset Story Biblical narrative Gullible (would-be) lover Humiliation Deceitful woman Violent punishment Murder Suicide (Threat of) bodily mutilation Imprisonment Deception of would-be lover Blindness 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 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 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