Husband sends wife poison to avoid having her ravished by the enemy

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Husband sends wife poison to avoid having her ravished by the enemy.

Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Illicit sexual relations – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T471.3

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Italian NovellaRotunda.

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Filed under Rape.

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Fines imposed for rape Man unwittingly ravishes his own sister. (Cf. N365.3.)Wild man as ravisher of women. (Cf. F567.)

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