Pregnancy

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Motif hierarchy
Connected textual entities
Entity Type
Motif
Inset Story Entity Type Motif
Anthenor Inset Story Father/daughter relationships
Arranged marriage
Deceitful woman
Childbirth
Pregnancy
Orientalised setting
Dynastic marriage
Impotence anxiety
Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law
Homosexuality
Marriage
Cygni Inset Story Father/daughter relationships
Deception
Animal tale
Violent punishment
Gullible husband
Deceitful old woman
Childbirth
Pregnancy
Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches)
Magic
Food and drink
Bird
Woman tricked/coerced into sex
Identity object
Slander: wife falsely accused
Bathing
Bodily transformation
Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law
Rape
Swan
Necklace
Mother/son relationships
Marriage
Mistaken or concealed identity
Children
Judgement
Coerced Marriage
Coerced sex
Woman locked up/kept indoors
Magic object
Filia Inset Story Father/daughter relationships
Violent punishment
Pregnancy
Familial duty
Unjust execution
Beating
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
Heres Regni Inset Story Father/son relationships
Deception
Illegitimacy
Murder
Adultery
Childbirth
Pregnancy
Disguise
Disposal of corpse
Deceitful son
Patricide
Dynastic marriage
Imprisonment
Revenge
Cross dressing
Beheading
Islam
Age versus youth
Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes
Marriage
Woman locked up/kept indoors
Setting: exotic/orientalised
Nutrix Inset Story Deception
Familial relationships
Deceitful old man
Murder
Deceitful old woman
Riches
Childbirth
Pregnancy
(Threat of) bodily mutilation
Familial duty
Mistaken or concealed identity
Children
Old woman
Judgement
Court of law