Old woman as go-between

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  • Wise old woman

Connected Textual Entities

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Inset Story	Entity Type	Motif
Annuli – The Anklet, or, The Woman who Outwitted her Father-in-Law	Inset Story	Father/son relationships Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Familial relationships Adultery Gullible husband Deceitful old woman Wise old woman Wise old man Evidence False evidence of virtue Identity object Ring Old woman as go-between Old woman Old man Setting: nature Orchard Love (or lust) at first sight Misinterpretation
Canicula 3	Inset Story	Deception Deceitful woman Deceitful old man Adultery Gullible husband Money in exchange for promise of sex Multiple lovers Old woman as go-between Old woman Misinterpretation
Canicula – The Weeping Dog	Inset Story	Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Deceitful old woman Money in exchange for promise of sex Failed/rejected seduction Woman tricked/coerced into sex Old woman as go-between Dog Bodily transformation Body fluids Old woman Coerced sex Woman locked up/kept indoors Love (or lust) at first sight Window
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 Coerced sex Misinterpretation
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
Papirius	Inset Story	Father/son relationships Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Familial relationships Adultery Gullible husband Disguise Multiple lovers Cross dressing Old woman as go-between Age versus youth Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Children Wise child Gender play Court of law Concealed lover Love (or lust) at first sight Misinterpretation