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Marriage Arranged marriage Coerced Marriage Dynastic marriage

Connected textual entities

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 Anthenor – The King's Daughter Inset Story Father/daughter relationships Arranged marriage Deceitful woman Childbirth Pregnancy Orientalised setting Dynastic marriage Revenge Impotence anxiety Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law Military conflict Homosexuality Marriage Misinterpretation Cardamum Inset Story Father/daughter relationships Arranged marriage Chastity Religious conflict Islam Christianity Marriage Religious conversion Corpus Delicti – The Discovered Corpse 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 Creditor Inset Story Deception Violent punishment (Threat of) bodily mutilation Debt Deception of would-be lover Money in exchange for promise of sex Impossible conditions Revenge Blood Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes Cross dressing Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Gender play Judgement Court of law Coerced Marriage Curiositas Inset Story Animal tale Riches Marriage Grief Gender play Prohibtions/taboos Eagle Riding/carried by an animal Foolish old man Cygni Inset Story Father/daughter relationships Deception Animal tale Violent punishment Gullible husband Deceitful old woman Childbirth Pregnancy Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Food and drink Bird Woman tricked/coerced into sex Identity object Slander: wife falsely accused Bathing Bodily transformation Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law Rape Swan Necklace Mother/son relationships Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Children Judgement Coerced Marriage Coerced sex Woman locked up/kept indoors Magic object Filius Inset Story Father/son relationships Murder Adultery Gullible husband Orientalised setting Deceitful son Patricide Marriage Death of husband Children Wise child Judgement Fons Inset Story Deception Pregnancy Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Cross dressing Deceitful advisor Genitalia Bodily transformation Sex change Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Marriage Gender play Heres Regni Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Illegitimacy Murder Adultery Childbirth Pregnancy Disguise Disposal of corpse Deceitful son Patricide Dynastic marriage Imprisonment Revenge Cross dressing Beheading Islam Age versus youth Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Marriage Woman locked up/kept indoors Setting: exotic/orientalised Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Adultery Gullible husband Imprisonment Evidence False evidence of virtue Identity object Ring Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Woman locked up/kept indoors Misinterpretation Trick in plain sight 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 Puer Adoptatus – The Adopted Son Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Murder Deceitful son Patricide Debt Unjust execution Beheading Assassination Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Lesson: greed Age versus youth Rape Marriage Grief Children Foolish old man Old man Adoption Coerced sex Death Pride Misinterpretation Spendthrift sons Abduction 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 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 Vidua – The Widow 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 Zelus – Zeal Inset Story Chastity Deception Murder Adultery Gullible husband Suicide (Threat of) bodily mutilation Unjust execution Revenge Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Beating Poison Marriage Grief Jealous husband Violence Death Remorse Jealousy Misinterpretation