Wise old man

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Connected textual entities

Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif 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 Aristoteles Inset Story Lecherous old man Gullible (would-be) lover Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Humiliation Deceitful woman Wise old man Foolish old man 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 Roma Inset Story Deception Deceitful old man Disguise Magic Religious conflict Islam Christianity Wise old man Military conflict Mistaken or concealed identity Old man Religion City besieged Roma and Lupus Inset Story Animal tale Deceitful old man Imprisonment Wise old man Dog Lesson: loyalty Military conflict Judgement Old man Setting: exotic/orientalised Wolf Sheep City besieged 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 Senex Caecus Inset Story Deception Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Overheard secret Debt Impossible conditions Wise old woman Wise old man Blindness