The lover's gift regained.
Deceptions. · Deceptions connected with adultery. · Other deceits connected with adultery. · view the constellation · filed as K1581
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- general **J. W. Spargo FFC XCI
- general *F. N. Robinson Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer 838a. (Shipman's Tale).
Within the index
Filed under Other deceits connected with adultery.
12 finer motifs beneath it
Lover's gift regained: the broken (removed) article. The lover breaks (or removes) an article of household equipment and convinces the husband that for that reason the wife has confiscated that which he gave her as a presentLover's gift regained: horse and wagon as gift. The lover regains gift of horse and wagon by pretending to the husband that the wife has confiscated them because he brought wood of uneven qualityLover's gift regained: borrowing from the husband and returning to the wife. The lover borrows money from the husband with which to corrupt the wife, later telling the husband that the money was returned to the wife during the husband's absenceLover's gift regained: accidental discovery of identity. The lover, ignorant of the identity of the husband, tells him of his experience with the wife. The husband persuades the lover to lead him to the scene, where the wife is compelled to restore all but a small part of the moneyLover's gift regained: piece of cloth as gift. The lover regains by a ruse and thievery the borrowed piece of cloth which he has presented to his mistressLover's gift regained: jewelry as gift. The lover presents the wife with a valuable piece of jewelry, which he regains by pretending to the husband that he has left it as a pledgeLover's gift regained: anser venalis (goose as gift). The lover regains his gift by a ruse (obscene)Lover's gift regained: refusal to leave bed. Woman fearing exposure returns moneyLover's gift regained: spending money to purchase lover's worthless goodsLover's gift regained: payment with worthless money. Lover bargains with the husband. Pays him with worthless moneyProstitute paid with counterfeit moneyHusband gets gift which paramour has given to wife
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Lover blackmails adulteressHusband duped by paramour into taking his wife to him. She is veiledInnocent confessor duped into being go-between for adulteress and lover. By following suggestions in her false accusations to confessor the lover reaches her sideWife takes servant's place and discovers husband's adultery. The husband says that he is going into a state of meditation with a cloth over his face. He substitutes a servant and goes to his mistress. The wife finds the deceit and takes the servant's place. On his return the husband tells the supposed servant of his adulteryParamour feigns loss of genitals in order to obtain the husband's confidenceAdulteress uses the public baths as a meeting-place with her lover. A naive remark by her child exposes the deception to the husbandWoman excites peasant (secretary), who draws line on floor and dares her to cross it. When she does, adultery is committedSeventy tales of a parrot prevent a wife's adultery. The parrot keeps her interested until her husband's returnParamour sends prostitutes in disguise to take mistress to "convent". Husband is deceived by the ruseAdulteress disguised as boy elopes with paramourStudent extends his course so as to enjoy the professor's wifeThe "loyal" adulteress. Complacent in all except kissing. Explains that her mouth is the only part of her body which has promised fidelity to her husbandFaithful wife in disguise saves husband from punishment for adultery