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Riches Profligate with wealth Spendthrift sons

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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Amazona Inset Story Lecherous old man Deception Riches Disguise Money in exchange for promise of sex Deceitful lover Woman tricked/coerced into sex Rape Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Gender play Coerced Marriage Coerced sex Woman in 'male' role Arca – The Chest of Stones Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Deceitful old man Riches Familial duty Food and drink Overheard secret Wise old man Friendship Old man Remorse Misinterpretation 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 Curiositas Inset Story Animal tale Riches Marriage Grief Gender play Prohibtions/taboos Eagle Riding/carried by an animal Foolish old man Dimidius amicus Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Deceitful old man Riches Disposal of corpse Deceitful son Debt Wise old man Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Friendship Mistaken or concealed identity Old man Violence Death Pig Filius Profusus Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Humiliation Familial relationships Riches Theft Deceitful son Debt Wise old woman Age versus youth Mother/son relationships Old woman Foolish old man Old man Profligate with wealth Spendthrift sons Filius ingratus Inset Story Father/son relationships Familial relationships Riches Childbirth Pregnancy Familial duty Magic Food and drink Lesson: greed Age versus youth Bodily transformation Lesson: loyalty Serpent Grief Children Foolish old man Old man Remorse Fur et Luna Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches Magic Theft Punishment for theft Overheard secret Beating Magic spell Misinterpretation Gaza – The Treasure Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Familial duty Disposal of corpse Theft Punishment for theft Patricide Beheading Grief Mistaken or concealed identity Misinterpretation Profligate with wealth 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 Ingenia 2 Inset Story Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Riches Deceitful lover Jealous husband Humour Admission of trick framed as a joke Jealousy Innocua Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Riches Theft Punishment for theft Bird Imprisonment False evidence of unchastity/criminality Beating Magpie 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 Blindness Judgement Court of law Metellus et Caesar Inset Story Humiliation Riches Theft Military conflict Grief Remorse Cowardice Nasus praemorsus Inset Story Father/son relationships Violent punishment Familial relationships Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Theft Punishment for theft Debt Grief Judgement Court of law Profligate with wealth Spendthrift sons Nepos Inset Story Father/son relationships Familial relationships Riches Familial duty Clothes Lesson: greed Age versus youth Lesson: loyalty Children Wise child Old man Remorse Noverca Inset Story Father/son relationships Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Violent punishment Familial relationships Murder Gullible husband Riches Theft Punishment for theft Unjust execution Revenge Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law Marriage Children Misinterpretation Nutrix Inset Story Deception Familial relationships Illegitimacy Deceitful old man Murder Deceitful old woman Riches Childbirth Pregnancy (Threat of) bodily mutilation Familial duty Blindness Evidence False evidence of virtue Poison Mistaken or concealed identity Children Old woman Judgement Court of law Member of Clergy Adoption Violence Misinterpretation Parricida Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Illness Medicine Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Food and drink Deceitful son Patricide Age versus youth Boar Foolish old man Old man Profligate with wealth Spendthrift sons Piscis Inset Story Animal tale Riches Impossible conditions Genitalia Sex change Fish Gender play 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 5 annorum Inset Story Deception Riches Theft Punishment for theft Food and drink Bathing Children Wise child Old woman Judgement Court of law 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 Senex Caecus Inset Story Deception Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Overheard secret Debt Impossible conditions Wise old woman Wise old man Blindness Thesaurus in puteo Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Murder Riches Deceitful son Patricide Vadium Inset Story Chastity Deception Violent punishment Murder Adultery Riches Failed/rejected seduction Deceitful lover Evidence Identity object Ring Person concealed within a chest False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Clothes Member of Clergy Jealous husband Concealed lover Misinterpretation Vaticinium and Amici Inset Story Chastity Father/son relationships Deception Animal tale Familial relationships Illness Medicine Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disguise Magic Food and drink Bird Talking bird Dynastic marriage Overheard secret Impossible conditions Blood Identity object Ring Bathing Dreams Bodily transformation Friendship Sword Poison Body fluids Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Children Judgement Court of law Death Misinterpretation Judicial duel Vaticinium – The Prophecy Inset Story Father/son relationships Animal tale Familial relationships Murder Riches Disguise Magic Food and drink Bird Talking bird Dynastic marriage Overheard secret Mistaken or concealed identity Children Wise child Violence Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches Magic Theft Evidence Military conflict Mistaken or concealed identity Magic object City besieged Misinterpretation Trick in plain sight