Violent punishment

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Violence (Threat of) bodily mutilation Murder Assassination Beheading Fratricide Patricide Unjust execution Rape Violent punishment Beating Women committing violence

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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Absalom Rebellus Inset Story Father/son relationships Biblical narrative Violent punishment Revenge Woman tricked/coerced into sex Rape Fratricide Judgement Armiger Inset Story Violent punishment Familial relationships Familial duty Theft Punishment for theft Debt Unjust execution Judgement Court of law Avis (and Gladius and Linteum) – The Bird (and the Sword, and the Bedsheets) Inset Story Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Animal tale Violent punishment Familial relationships Adultery Gullible husband Deceitful old woman Bird Talking bird Wise old woman Deceitful lover Evidence False evidence of virtue Sword Mother/daughter relationships Old woman Parrot Magpie Jealous husband Violence Remorse Jealousy Concealed lover Misinterpretation 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 Misinterpretation 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 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 Filia Inset Story Father/daughter relationships Violent punishment Pregnancy Familial duty Unjust execution Beating Fur et Luna Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches Magic Theft Punishment for theft Overheard secret Beating Magic spell Misinterpretation Imago – The Goldsmith and the Dancer's Portrait Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Riches Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Imprisonment Money in exchange for promise of sex Deceitful lover Woman tricked/coerced into sex Identity object False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Mistaken or concealed identity Coerced sex Woman locked up/kept indoors Violence Misinterpretation Abduction Innocua Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Riches Theft Punishment for theft Bird Imprisonment False evidence of unchastity/criminality Beating Magpie 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 Nasus praemorsus Inset Story Father/son relationships Violent punishment Familial relationships Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Theft Punishment for theft Debt Grief Judgement Court of law Profligate with wealth Spendthrift sons 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 Pallium Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Adultery Gullible husband Deceitful old woman Failed/rejected seduction Deceitful lover Evidence Woman tricked/coerced into sex Identity object False evidence of unchastity/criminality Clothes Old woman as go-between Beating Rape Old woman Coerced sex Misinterpretation Abduction Praeceptum galli Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Illness Magic Rooster Food and drink Bird Talking bird Overheard secret Beating Serpent Regina Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Adultery Disposal of corpse Failed/rejected seduction Revenge Deceitful lover Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Deceitful advisor Dog Dwarf Judgement Setting: nature Misinterpretation Judicial duel Samson Inset Story Biblical narrative Gullible (would-be) lover Deception Humiliation Deceitful woman Violent punishment Murder Suicide (Threat of) bodily mutilation Imprisonment Deception of would-be lover Blindness Bodily transformation Grief Pride Sapientes – The Wise Men Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Magic Caves and underground spaces Beheading Blindness Evidence Deceitful advisor Age versus youth Wise child Death Seductor Inset Story Chastity Deception Violent punishment Adultery Food and drink Failed/rejected seduction Revenge Deceitful lover Evidence Woman tricked/coerced into sex False evidence of unchastity/criminality Beating Body fluids Judgement Jealous husband Jealousy Misinterpretation Semen Senes Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Violent punishment Familial relationships Murder Familial duty Disposal of corpse Patricide Imprisonment Impossible conditions Revenge Beating Age versus youth Dog Judgement Court of law Death Tentamina – The Test Inset Story Violent punishment Adultery Revenge Blood Age versus youth Dog Nature tale: tree Mother/daughter relationships Old man Violence Women committing violence Trees 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 Turdi – The Gluttonous Wife and the Nine Thrushes Inset Story Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Animal tale Violent punishment Gullible husband Food and drink Lesson: greed Beating Violence Women committing violence Cat Gluttony Turtures Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment Murder Suicide Food and drink Bird Evidence False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Lesson: haste Grief Death Remorse Misinterpretation Vadium Inset Story Chastity Deception Violent punishment Murder Adultery Riches Failed/rejected seduction Deceitful lover Evidence Identity object Ring Person concealed within a chest False evidence of unchastity/criminality Slander: wife falsely accused Clothes Member of Clergy Jealous husband Concealed lover Misinterpretation 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 Virgilius Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches Magic Theft Evidence Military conflict Mistaken or concealed identity Magic object City besieged Misinterpretation Trick in plain sight Voluptaria Inset Story Violent punishment Accidental death Murder Adultery Disguise Food and drink Imprisonment Death of lover Revenge Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes Cross dressing Woman tricked/coerced into sex Bathing Genitalia Rape Sword Military conflict Poison Gender play Judgement Coerced sex Woman in 'male' role Women committing violence Abduction