The constellation
K2111 Potiphar's wife. A woman makes vain overtures to a man and then accuses him of attempting to force her
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- Telling a story to allay a woman's amorous desires · K2111.0.1 entry
- Woman makes vain overtures to stepson and falsely accuses him of murder. She tries to poison him but her own son accidentally takes the beverage and apparently dies. Plot is revealed when doctor states that he had substituted sleeping potion for the poison · K2111.1 entry
- Spurned woman accuses man of theft · K2111.2 entry
- Friar refuses to keep promise after enjoying woman and is accused of rape. Castrated · K2111.3 entry
- Adulteress tricks husband into killing allegedly importunate lover · K2111.4 entry
- Mother falsely accuses son of incest with her · K2111.5 entry
- Girl falsely accuses bishop · K2111.6 entry
keeps company
- Uriah letter changed. Falsified order of execution. A messenger is sent with a letter ordering the recipient to kill the bearer. On the way the letter is changed so that the bearer is honored · K511 entry
- Old person as helper · N825 entry
- Whale-boat. A man is carried across the water on a whale (fish). (He usually deceives the whale as to the nearness of the land or as to hearing thunder. As a consequence the whale runs into the shore or is killed by lightning.) · R245 entry
- Cruel father · S11 entry
- Stars as deities · A121 entry
- Origin of constellations · A766 entry
- Origin of particular stars · A770 entry
- Bird announces time for sunrise and sunset · B122.4 entry
- Chimera. Combination of lion, dragon, and goat. Breathes fire · B14.1 entry
- Bird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feet · B34 entry
carried in tale type
- The Faithless Wife · ATU 318
- A Young Woman Disguised as a Man is Wooed by the Queen (previously The Court Physician) · ATU 514**
- The Magic Bird-Heart and the Separated Brothers · ATU 567A
- The Prince's Seven Wise Teachers · ATU 875D*
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. III
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter V
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 47