Animal tale

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Animal tale Bird Eagle Magpie Parrot Talking bird Boar Dog Elephant Fish Fox Lion Monkey Rabbit Riding/carried by an animal Rooster Serpent Sheep Swan Weasel Wolf

Connected textual entities

Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Aper Inset Story Animal tale Lesson: greed Boar Lesson: flattery Avis Inset Story Deceitful woman Animal tale Adultery Gullible husband Bird Talking bird Evidence False evidence of virtue Parrot Magpie Remorse Canis 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 Corpus Delicti Inset Story Gullible (would-be) lover Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deceitful woman Animal tale Murder Adultery Disposal of corpse Multiple lovers Age versus youth Dog Marriage Death of husband Foolish old man Old man Death 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 Elephantus Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Elephant Riding/carried by an animal Innocua Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Riches Theft Punishment for theft Bird Imprisonment False evidence of unchastity/criminality Beating Magpie Lac venenatum Inset Story Animal tale Food and drink Bird Serpent Poison Lepus Inset Story Animal tale Rabbit Violent punishment Mel Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment (Threat of) bodily mutilation Food and drink Beating Dog Weasel Piscis Inset Story Animal tale Riches Impossible conditions Genitalia Sex change Fish Gender play Praeceptum galli Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Illness Magic Rooster Food and drink Bird Talking bird Overheard secret Beating Serpent Roma and Lupus Inset Story Animal tale Deceitful old man Wise old man Dog Lesson: loyalty Military conflict Setting: exotic/orientalised Wolf Sheep Simia Inset Story Animal tale (Threat of) bodily mutilation Theft Genitalia Monkey Lion Riding/carried by an animal Turtures Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Murder Suicide Food and drink Bird Evidence Grief Vaticinium Inset Story Father/son relationships Animal tale Familial relationships Riches Disguise Magic Food and drink Bird Talking bird Dynastic marriage Overheard secret Vaticinium 1 Inset Story Deceitful woman Animal tale Adultery Gullible husband Food and drink Bird Talking bird Deceitful lover Setting: nature Orchard Vaticinium and Amici Inset Story Chastity Father/son relationships Animal tale Familial relationships Illness Medicine Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disguise Magic Food and drink Bird Talking bird Dynastic marriage Overheard secret Blood Identity object Ring Bathing Dreams Bodily transformation Friendship Sword Marriage Vulpes Inset Story Deception Animal tale (Threat of) bodily mutilation Beating Fox