Innocent person accused of murder.
Deceptions. · False accusations. · Slanders. · view the constellation · filed as K2116
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Filed under Slanders.
5 finer motifs beneath it
Innocent woman accused of murder Man falsely accused of murder Person wounds self and accuses another of attempting murder Murderer makes outcry so that innocent person is accused of murder Warrior falsely accused of having killed his sleeping adversary. Not supposed to have been able to do it if latter was awake
Filed beside it
Calumniated wife Potiphar's wife. A woman makes vain overtures to a man and then accuses him of attempting to force her Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute). (Usually by unsuccessful suitor.) (Crescentia, Genoveva, Susanna.) Princess disguised as man is accused of illicit relations with queen Man falsely accused of infidelity. (Cf. K2121.) Animal-birth slander. A woman is accused of having given birth to animals. Her children are put out of the way and animals substituted Calumniated wife: substituted letter (falsified message). The letter announcing the birth of her children changed on the way to the king, so that the queen is falsely accused. (Cf. K2115, K2116.) Man slandered as having deflowered princess. (Cf. K2114.) Innocent woman accused of using witchcraft. Sham sickness Woman slandered as an ogress Slander: woman said to be possessed of demons Knight falsely accused of sedition False accusation of theft Slander: prince is bastard Slanders – miscellaneous
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