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- Animal reveals mistress's adultery: punished by master. (Cf. A2411.2.1.5, A2422.1.1.) A2237.1
- Lover's fidelity tested by substituting maid in mistress's bed at assignation. He must refuse her. H1556.4.3
- Cocks who crow about mistress's adultery killed. Discreet cock saves his life. J551.1
- Foolish lover ignorant of mistress's flaws. J1737
- Thief takes mistress's ornaments across river on pretense of keeping them safe, and then deserts her. K346.6
- Paramour unwittingly drinks sleeping potion. Is thought dead and placed in a chest. Chest is stolen. When he escapes he is accused of being a robber. He is saved by his mistress's maid who explains all, transferring the role played by her mistress to herself. K675.1
- Slave washing mistress's back in stream pushes her into crocodile hole. K831.1
- Vergil in the basket. A lover who is to be pulled up to his mistress's window is left hanging in the basket in the public gaze. K1211
- Man is ushered into maiden's room by maidservant. He then takes the latter's place in the mistress's bed. K1347
- Man disguised as groom enters mistress's room. K1349.1.4
- Lover carried away on mistress's shoulders so that his footprints will not be visible in the snow. K1549.3
- Monkey dresses in dead mistress's gown; frightens household. K1839.3
- Wife takes mistress's place in husband's bed. Brings about reconciliation. K1843.2
- Wife takes mistress's place in husband's bed: husband sends message of death. K1843.2.1
- Wife takes mistress's place in bed but is deceived in turn. Husband had tired of the mistress and had previously substituted servant. K1843.2.2
- Wife takes mistress's place in husband's bed. The husband, unaware of the substitution, asks his friends to share his good fortune. K1843.2.3
- Bird carries off ring which lover has taken from sleeping mistress's finger. He searches for the ring and becomes separated from her. N352
- Mistress's nose cut off as punishment for faithlessness. Q451.5.1.1
- Exposing mistress's person (excepting face) to her husband (paramour's friends). Q476
- Angry paramour bites off his mistress's nose. S172.1