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From The Seven Sages of Rome
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|Has | |Has Motif=Children; Death; Death of son; Deceitful woman; Grief; Father/son relationships; Illness; Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit; Medicine; Murder; Suicide | ||
|Has Summary=A doctor has a gravely ill son, who craves a fruit/vegetable. His wife persuades the doctor to not allow his son it, and he died. The doctor learns that the onion would have cured his son, kills his wife (the boy's mother) and then himself. | |||
Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne, | Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne. | ||
|Has Note=In the Italian versions, the son desires an onion. In the Forty Vezirs, it is a watermelon. | |||
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ChildrenDeathDeath of sonDeceitful womanGriefFather/son relationshipsIllnessLesson: women’s cleverness and deceitMedicineMurderSuicide
A doctor has a gravely ill son, who craves a fruit/vegetable. His wife persuades the doctor to not allow his son it, and he died. The doctor learns that the onion would have cured his son, kills his wife (the boy's mother) and then himself.
Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne.
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In the Italian versions, the son desires an onion. In the Forty Vezirs, it is a watermelon. |
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| Caepulla appears in the following versions and secondary versions |
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| Caepulla is narrated in the following occurrences |
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| Caepulla appears in the following manuscripts |
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