Importunate lover induced to dress as woman and sift flour. Is shown to his wife — Mythoi

Motif

Importunate lover induced to dress as woman and sift flour. Is shown to his wife.

Deceptions. · Deception into humiliating position. · Humiliated or baffled lovers. · view the constellation · filed as K1214.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda
general Heptameron No. 69
general Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 17.

Within the index

Filed under Hercules spins for his beloved. Is forced to dress as woman and discharge womanly duties including spinning.

1 finer motif beneath it

Importunate lover is induced to undergo series of humiliations. (1) Disguise as bakery woman. (2) Disguise as priest. (3) Disguise as corpse. (4) Hiding in wine skin. Humiliated each time

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