Amatores - Revision history

Bonsall at 15:58, 12 February 2026

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			\|Has Short Description=The Three Lovers
	\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)		\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)
	\|Has Motif=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman; Love (or lust) at first sight; Window; Misinterpretation		\|Has Motif=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman; Love (or lust) at first sight; Window; Misinterpretation
	\|Has Summary=~~'''~~The ~~Three Lovers'~~''		\|Has Summary=Three different men observe a woman singing at her window, and all fall in love with her. One by one, they approach her and proposition her, and she tells each of them that in order to win her affections, they must pay her a sum of gold, and arrive at a specific time the following day. Then she tells her husband to wait behind the door, and as each lover arrives, she takes their gold, then they are killed by the husband. However, the pair must now dispose of three corpses. The wife calls her brother, a night watchman, to ask for his help, and tells him that her husband argued with a man, and accidentally killed him. The brother agrees to help dispose of the body, carries one of the corpses away in a sack, and throws it into the sea. However, when he returns to his sister's home to tell her that he has done the deed, he finds her wailing that the dead man has somehow returned - the corpse of the man has reappeared. Puzzled, the brother takes the second corpse away in a sack, and adds a heavy stone to the bag before throwing it into the sea. But when he arrives back at his sister's home, the woman once again cries that the dead man has again returned. Tired of this eerie corpse, the brother carries away the (third) body, takes it into the woods, builds a pyre, and burns it. As he prepares to leave, however, he turns around, and suddenly sees a traveller - a knight who had wandered toward the fire from the road. Seeing this mysterious figure next to the pyre, the brother believes it is the stubbornly returning dead man, and kills him and pushes him into the flames. When he returns, his sister and her husband understand that they are responsible for the deaths of four men. Eventually, in a public argument, their crimes are revealed.

	~~Three different men observe a woman singing at her window, and all fall in love with her. One~~ by one, they approach her and proposition her, and she tells each of them that in order to win her affections, they must pay her a sum of gold, and arrive at a specific time the following day. Then she tells her husband to wait behind the door, and as each lover arrives, she takes their gold, then they are killed by the husband. However, the pair must now dispose of three corpses. The wife calls her brother, a night watchman, to ask for his help, and tells him that her husband argued with a man, and accidentally killed him. The brother agrees to help dispose of the body, carries one of the corpses away in a sack, and throws it into the sea. However, when he returns to his sister's home to tell her that he has done the deed, he finds her wailing that the dead man has somehow returned - the corpse of the man has reappeared. Puzzled, the brother takes the second corpse away in a sack, and adds a heavy stone to the bag before throwing it into the sea. But when he arrives back at his sister's home, the woman once again cries that the dead man has again returned. Tired of this eerie corpse, the brother carries away the (third) body, takes it into the woods, builds a pyre, and burns it. As he prepares to leave, however, he turns around, and suddenly sees a traveller - a knight who had wandered toward the fire from the road. Seeing this mysterious figure next to the pyre, the brother believes it is the stubbornly returning dead man, and kills him and pushes him into the flames. When he returns, his sister and her husband understand that they are responsible for the deaths of four men. Eventually, in a public argument, their crimes are revealed.
			[From English Version H; added by Jane Bonsall]
	\|Has Note=Nishimura (2001) notes the connections of this text to broader folktale motifs, e.g.: Thompson Motif Index K433.2 ('Clever wife gets money from those who attempt to seduce her') and K2151 ('The corpse handed around' or 'the thrice-killed corpse'). The second of these tale-types is also analogous to Thompson Motif Index K2322 ('The three hunchback brothers drowned'), titled '[[Gibbosi\|Gibbosi']] in e.g. the [[Mishle Sendebar]] text; Amatores and Gibbosi are closely related.		\|Has Note=Nishimura (2001) notes the connections of this text to broader folktale motifs, e.g.: Thompson Motif Index K433.2 ('Clever wife gets money from those who attempt to seduce her') and K2151 ('The corpse handed around' or 'the thrice-killed corpse'). The second of these tale-types is also analogous to Thompson Motif Index K2322 ('The three hunchback brothers drowned'), titled '[[Gibbosi\|Gibbosi']] in e.g. the [[Mishle Sendebar]] text; Amatores and Gibbosi are closely related.
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Bonsall at 10:40, 24 November 2025

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	\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)		\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)
	\|Has Motif=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman; Love (or lust) at first sight; Window		\|Has Motif=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman; Love (or lust) at first sight; Window; Misinterpretation
	\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''		\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''

Bonsall at 15:58, 6 November 2025

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	\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)		\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)
	\|Has Motif=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman		\|Has Motif=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman; Love (or lust) at first sight; Window
	\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''		\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''

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2025-03-04T19:12:44Z

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	\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)		\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)
	\|Has ~~Content Tag~~=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman		\|Has Motif=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman
	\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''		\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''

Bonsall at 12:51, 20 January 2025

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	\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)		\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)
	\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse~~; Deceitful wife~~; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction		\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction; Deceitful woman
	\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''		\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''

Bonsall at 21:33, 20 December 2024

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	\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)		\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)
	\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Deceitful wife; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers		\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Deceitful wife; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers; Failed/rejected seduction
	\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''		\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''

Bonsall at 15:59, 20 December 2024

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	\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Deceitful wife; Familial relationships		\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Deceitful wife; Familial relationships; Multiple lovers
	\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''		\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''

Bonsall at 22:25, 17 December 2024

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	\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)		\|Has Critical Literature=Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Nishimura (2001)
	\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse		\|Has Content Tag=Adultery; Deception of would-be lover; Death of lover; Money in exchange for promise of sex; Murder; Disposal of corpse; Deceitful wife; Familial relationships
	\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''		\|Has Summary='''The Three Lovers'''

Bonsall at 21:40, 17 December 2024

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	Three different men observe a woman singing at her window, and all fall in love with her. One by one, they approach her and proposition her, and she tells each of them that in order to win her affections, they must pay her a sum of gold, and arrive at a specific time the following day. Then she tells her husband to wait behind the door, and as each lover arrives, she takes their gold, then they are killed by the husband. However, the pair must now dispose of three corpses. The wife calls her brother, a night watchman, to ask for his help, and tells him that her husband argued with a man, and accidentally killed him. The brother agrees to help dispose of the body, carries one of the corpses away in a sack, and throws it into the sea. However, when he returns to his sister's home to tell her that he has done the deed, he finds her wailing that the dead man has somehow returned - the corpse of the man has reappeared. Puzzled, the brother takes the second corpse away in a sack, and adds a heavy stone to the bag before throwing it into the sea. But when he arrives back at his sister's home, the woman once again cries that the dead man has again returned. Tired of this eerie corpse, the brother carries away the (third) body, takes it into the woods, builds a pyre, and burns it. As he prepares to leave, however, he turns around, and suddenly sees a traveller - a knight who had wandered toward the fire from the road. Seeing this mysterious figure next to the pyre, the brother believes it is the stubbornly returning dead man, and kills him and pushes him into the flames. When he returns, his sister and her husband understand that they are responsible for the deaths of four men. Eventually, in a public argument, their crimes are revealed.		Three different men observe a woman singing at her window, and all fall in love with her. One by one, they approach her and proposition her, and she tells each of them that in order to win her affections, they must pay her a sum of gold, and arrive at a specific time the following day. Then she tells her husband to wait behind the door, and as each lover arrives, she takes their gold, then they are killed by the husband. However, the pair must now dispose of three corpses. The wife calls her brother, a night watchman, to ask for his help, and tells him that her husband argued with a man, and accidentally killed him. The brother agrees to help dispose of the body, carries one of the corpses away in a sack, and throws it into the sea. However, when he returns to his sister's home to tell her that he has done the deed, he finds her wailing that the dead man has somehow returned - the corpse of the man has reappeared. Puzzled, the brother takes the second corpse away in a sack, and adds a heavy stone to the bag before throwing it into the sea. But when he arrives back at his sister's home, the woman once again cries that the dead man has again returned. Tired of this eerie corpse, the brother carries away the (third) body, takes it into the woods, builds a pyre, and burns it. As he prepares to leave, however, he turns around, and suddenly sees a traveller - a knight who had wandered toward the fire from the road. Seeing this mysterious figure next to the pyre, the brother believes it is the stubbornly returning dead man, and kills him and pushes him into the flames. When he returns, his sister and her husband understand that they are responsible for the deaths of four men. Eventually, in a public argument, their crimes are revealed.
	\|Has Note=Nishimura (2001) notes the connections of this text to broader folktale motifs, e.g.: Thompson Motif Index K433.2 ('Clever wife gets money from those who attempt to seduce her') and K2151 ('The corpse handed around' or 'the thrice-killed corpse'). The second of these tale-types is also analogous to Thompson Motif Index K2322 ('The three hunchback brothers drowned'), titled 'Gibbosi' in the ~~Seven Sages~~ text; Amatores and Gibbosi are closely related.		\|Has Note=Nishimura (2001) notes the connections of this text to broader folktale motifs, e.g.: Thompson Motif Index K433.2 ('Clever wife gets money from those who attempt to seduce her') and K2151 ('The corpse handed around' or 'the thrice-killed corpse'). The second of these tale-types is also analogous to Thompson Motif Index K2322 ('The three hunchback brothers drowned'), titled '[[Gibbosi\|Gibbosi']] in e.g. the [[Mishle Sendebar]] text; Amatores and Gibbosi are closely related.
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Bonsall at 21:38, 17 December 2024

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	Three different men observe a woman singing at her window, and all fall in love with her. One by one, they approach her and proposition her, and she tells each of them that in order to win her affections, they must pay her a sum of gold, and arrive at a specific time the following day. Then she tells her husband to wait behind the door, and as each lover arrives, she takes their gold, then they are killed by the husband. However, the pair must now dispose of three corpses. The wife calls her brother, a night watchman, to ask for his help, and tells him that her husband argued with a man, and accidentally killed him. The brother agrees to help dispose of the body, carries one of the corpses away in a sack, and throws it into the sea. However, when he returns to his sister's home to tell her that he has done the deed, he finds her wailing that the dead man has somehow returned - the corpse of the man has reappeared. Puzzled, the brother takes the second corpse away in a sack, and adds a heavy stone to the bag before throwing it into the sea. But when he arrives back at his sister's home, the woman once again cries that the dead man has again returned. Tired of this eerie corpse, the brother carries away the (third) body, takes it into the woods, builds a pyre, and burns it. As he prepares to leave, however, he turns around, and suddenly sees a traveller - a knight who had wandered toward the fire from the road. Seeing this mysterious figure next to the pyre, the brother believes it is the stubbornly returning dead man, and kills him and pushes him into the flames. When he returns, his sister and her husband understand that they are responsible for the deaths of four men. Eventually, in a public argument, their crimes are revealed.		Three different men observe a woman singing at her window, and all fall in love with her. One by one, they approach her and proposition her, and she tells each of them that in order to win her affections, they must pay her a sum of gold, and arrive at a specific time the following day. Then she tells her husband to wait behind the door, and as each lover arrives, she takes their gold, then they are killed by the husband. However, the pair must now dispose of three corpses. The wife calls her brother, a night watchman, to ask for his help, and tells him that her husband argued with a man, and accidentally killed him. The brother agrees to help dispose of the body, carries one of the corpses away in a sack, and throws it into the sea. However, when he returns to his sister's home to tell her that he has done the deed, he finds her wailing that the dead man has somehow returned - the corpse of the man has reappeared. Puzzled, the brother takes the second corpse away in a sack, and adds a heavy stone to the bag before throwing it into the sea. But when he arrives back at his sister's home, the woman once again cries that the dead man has again returned. Tired of this eerie corpse, the brother carries away the (third) body, takes it into the woods, builds a pyre, and burns it. As he prepares to leave, however, he turns around, and suddenly sees a traveller - a knight who had wandered toward the fire from the road. Seeing this mysterious figure next to the pyre, the brother believes it is the stubbornly returning dead man, and kills him and pushes him into the flames. When he returns, his sister and her husband understand that they are responsible for the deaths of four men. Eventually, in a public argument, their crimes are revealed.
			\|Has Note=Nishimura (2001) notes the connections of this text to broader folktale motifs, e.g.: Thompson Motif Index K433.2 ('Clever wife gets money from those who attempt to seduce her') and K2151 ('The corpse handed around' or 'the thrice-killed corpse'). The second of these tale-types is also analogous to Thompson Motif Index K2322 ('The three hunchback brothers drowned'), titled 'Gibbosi' in the Seven Sages text; Amatores and Gibbosi are closely related.
	Nishimura (2001) notes the connections of this text to broader folktale motifs, e.g.: Thompson Motif Index K433.2 ('Clever wife gets money from those who attempt to seduce her') and K2151 ('The corpse handed around' or 'the thrice-killed corpse'). The second of these tale-types is also analogous to Thompson Motif Index K2322 ('The three hunchback brothers drowned'), titled 'Gibbosi' in the Seven Sages text; Amatores and Gibbosi are closely related.
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