Deceitful advisor

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Deception Admission of trick framed as a joke Deceitful advisor Deceitful lover Deceitful old man Deceitful old woman Deceitful son Deceitful woman Deception of would-be lover Trick in plain sight

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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif 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 Coerced sex Remorse 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 Regina Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Adultery Disposal of corpse Failed/rejected seduction Revenge Deceitful lover Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Deceitful advisor Dog Dwarf Judgement Setting: nature Misinterpretation Judicial duel Sapientes – The Wise Men Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Magic Caves and underground spaces Beheading Blindness Evidence Deceitful advisor Age versus youth Wise child Death Senescalcus and Roma – The Steward, and Rome Beseiged Inset Story Deception Illness Medicine Adultery Riches Disguise Magic Money in exchange for promise of sex Religious conflict Wise old man Impotence anxiety Deceitful advisor Lesson: greed Military conflict Homosexuality Mistaken or concealed identity City besieged Misinterpretation Senescalcus – The Seneschal Inset Story Deception Humiliation Illness Medicine Adultery Riches Disguise Money in exchange for promise of sex Woman tricked/coerced into sex Impotence anxiety Deceitful advisor Genitalia Homosexuality Mistaken or concealed identity Remorse Striga and Fons – The Witch and the Fountain 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 Striga – The Prince and the Ogress Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Disguise Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Overheard secret Deceitful advisor Bodily transformation Mistaken or concealed identity Setting: nature Religion Fear