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Motifs
- Dream warns emperor of wife's unfaithfulness. D1813.1.1
- Recognition of wife's ring in friend's possession informs husband of her unfaithfulness. H94.0.1
- Chastity index. Objects indicate faithfulness or unfaithfulness of separated lovers (husband or wife). H430
- Rose as chastity index. Fading rose indicates unfaithfulness. (Cf. D975.2.) H432.1
- Three roses fall as sign of unfaithfulness. H432.1.1
- King overlooks wife's unfaithfulness rather than to cause troubles of state. J221.1
- Man rebukes servants for telling him of his wife's unfaithfulness. J221.1.2
- Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees the queen's unfaithfulness. J882.1
- Cut-off finger proves wife's chastity. A chaste wife substitutes a maidservant for seducer. A finger and ring are cut off as proof of wife's unfaithfulness (chastity wager with husband). Refuted by husband, who knows they are not his wife's. K1512.1
- The animal in the chest. The husband has locked the surprised paramour in a chest while he fetches his family as witness of his wife's unfaithfulness. She frees the lover, substitutes an animal, and discountenances the husband. (Cf. K1542, K1555, K1566, K1574.) K1515
- Husband transformed to goat must witness wife's adultery. The devil has let him see his wife's unfaithfulness in this way. K1531
- False tokens of woman's unfaithfulness. Tokens are stolen from the woman, or her secret markings are seen by treachery. K2112.1
- Fingers as false token of wife's unfaithfulness. She has substituted a maid and the gallant has cut off the maid's finger. K2112.1.1
- Tongue cut (bitten) off as punishment for unfaithfulness to wife. Q451.4.8.1
- Wife hides husband's unfaithfulness from emperor and even shelters his mistress. T222
- Birth of twins an indication of unfaithfulness in wife. (Cf. T586.3.) T587.1