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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Caepulla Inset Story Father/son relationships Death of son Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deceitful woman Illness Medicine Murder Suicide Food and drink Evidence Grief Children Death Remorse Canis – The Faithful Dog 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 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 Filius ingratus Inset Story Father/son relationships Familial relationships Riches Childbirth Pregnancy Familial duty Magic Food and drink Lesson: greed Age versus youth Bodily transformation Lesson: loyalty Serpent Grief Children Foolish old man Old man Remorse Nepos Inset Story Father/son relationships Familial relationships Riches Familial duty Clothes Lesson: greed Age versus youth Lesson: loyalty Children Wise child Old man Remorse 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 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 Papirius Inset Story Father/son relationships Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Familial relationships Adultery Gullible husband Disguise Multiple lovers Cross dressing Old woman as go-between Age versus youth Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Children Wise child Gender play Court of law Concealed lover Love (or lust) at first sight Misinterpretation Puer 3 annorum Inset Story Adultery Food and drink Children Wise child Puer 5 annorum Inset Story Deception Riches Theft Punishment for theft Food and drink Bathing Children Wise child Old woman Judgement Court of law 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 Striges – The Bandit and the Demons Inset Story Deception (Threat of) bodily mutilation Cannibalism Disguise Disposal of corpse Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Rooster Theft Punishment for theft Food and drink Mistaken or concealed identity Children Misinterpretation 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 Vaticinium – The Prophecy 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 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