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Motif

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.)

Deceptions. · False accusations. · Slanders. · view the constellation · filed as K2117

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa II No. 119
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone III No. 2, Rotunda.
  • general *Type 706
  • general *BP I 295ff.
  • general Hibbard 26ff.
  • general *Schlauch, Chaucer's Constance and Accused Queens (New York, 1927) 12ff.
Within the index

Filed under Slanders.

1 finer motif beneath it
Husband's letter ordering the calumniated wife to be treated well is altered into an order of execution
Filed beside it
Calumniated wifePotiphar's wife. A woman makes vain overtures to a man and then accuses him of attempting to force herWoman slandered as adulteress (prostitute). (Usually by unsuccessful suitor.) (Crescentia, Genoveva, Susanna.)Princess disguised as man is accused of illicit relations with queenMan 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 substitutedInnocent person accused of murderMan slandered as having deflowered princess. (Cf. K2114.)Innocent woman accused of using witchcraft. Sham sicknessWoman slandered as an ogressSlander: woman said to be possessed of demonsKnight falsely accused of seditionFalse accusation of theftSlander: prince is bastardSlanders – miscellaneous
Travels with
Animal-birth slander. A woman is accused of having given birth to animals. Her children are put out of the way and animals substitutedInnocent person accused of murder
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