Abduction

Inset Story	Entity Type	Motif
Imago – The Goldsmith and the Dancer's Portrait	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 Mistaken or concealed identity Coerced sex Woman locked up/kept indoors Violence Misinterpretation Abduction
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 Coerced sex Misinterpretation Abduction
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 Food and drink Imprisonment Revenge Blindness Ring Magic object Disability Sheep Gluttony Abduction
Puer Adoptatus – The Adopted Son	Inset Story	Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Murder Deceitful son Patricide Debt Unjust execution Beheading Assassination Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Lesson: greed Age versus youth Rape Marriage Grief Children Foolish old man Old man Adoption Coerced sex Death Pride Misinterpretation Spendthrift sons Abduction
Voluptaria	Inset Story	Violent punishment Accidental death Murder Adultery Disguise Food and drink Imprisonment Death of lover 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 Coerced sex Woman in 'male' role Women committing violence Abduction

Imago – The Goldsmith and the Dancer's Portrait

Inset Story