Leper (beggar) laid in queen's bed. She is thus incriminated — Mythoi

Motif

Leper (beggar) laid in queen's bed. She is thus incriminated.

Deceptions. · False accusations. · Slanders. · view the constellation · filed as K2112.2

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys
Korean Zong in-Sob 138 No. 63.
general *Fb "seng" III 187b
general *Child II 39ff.
general Hibbard 35, 285 n. 5
general *Dickson 166 n. 14

Within the index

Filed under Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute). (Usually by unsuccessful suitor.) (Crescentia, Genoveva, Susanna.)

4 finer motifs beneath it

Man puts donkey's foal under princess's bed-cover and accuses her of lying with it Page is duped into hiding under woman's bed (behind curtain) Maidservant's confederate feigns coming out of woman's bedroom False abortion placed in innocent woman's bed

Filed beside it

False tokens of woman's unfaithfulness. Tokens are stolen from the woman, or her secret markings are seen by treachery Man taking refuge in woman's house causes her false accusation Villain brings (threatens to bring) naked servant to woman's house. Threat of false accusation of indiscretion forces woman to yield Other means of incriminating innocent woman

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