Violence

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Motif hierarchy
Violence (Threat of) bodily mutilation Murder Assassination Beheading Fratricide Patricide Unjust execution Rape Violent punishment Beating Women committing violence

Connected textual entities

Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Canis Inset Story Father/son relationships Animal tale Violent punishment Familial relationships Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Dog Lesson: haste Lesson: loyalty Serpent Children Violence Remorse Misinterpretation Corpus Delicti Inset Story Gullible (would-be) lover Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deceitful woman Animal tale Murder Adultery Disposal of corpse Multiple lovers Evidence Age versus youth Dog Poison Marriage Death of husband Foolish old man Old man Violence Death Women committing violence 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 Imago 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 Medicus Inset Story Familial relationships Illness Medicine Illegitimacy Deceitful old man Murder Age versus youth Mistaken or concealed identity Old man Violence Jealousy Mucius Scaevola Inset Story (Threat of) bodily mutilation Military conflict Violence City besieged 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 Tentamina Inset Story Violent punishment Adultery Revenge Blood Age versus youth Dog Nature tale: tree Mother/daughter relationships Old man Violence Women committing violence Trees Tonstrix Inset Story Chastity Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Violent punishment Adultery Gullible husband (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disguise Food and drink Multiple lovers Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes Cross dressing Deceitful lover Evidence False evidence of virtue Clothes Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Homosexuality Marriage Gender play Member of Clergy Jealous husband Woman locked up/kept indoors Violence Jealousy Turdi Inset Story Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Animal tale Violent punishment Gullible husband Food and drink Lesson: greed Beating Violence Women committing violence Cat Gluttony Vaticinium 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 Vidua Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Suicide (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Punishment for theft Blood Evidence Marriage Death of husband Grief Violence Women committing violence Viduae Filius Inset Story Father/son relationships Death of son Violent punishment Familial relationships Murder Rooster Bird Debt Revenge Mother/son relationships Military conflict Grief Children Judgement Adoption Violence Death Hawk Zelus Inset Story Chastity Deception Murder Adultery Gullible husband Suicide Unjust execution Revenge Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Deceitful advisor Marriage Foolish old man Jealous husband Violence Death Remorse