Calumniated Wife
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The Calumniated Wife is a motif in traditional narratives, numbered K2110.1 in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. It entails a wife being falsely accused of, and often punished for, some crime or sin. This motif is at the centre of a number of traditional plots, being associated with tale-types 705–712 in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index of tale-types.
The king finds a mysterious maiden in the woods. Illustration for Mary's Child.
The Virgin Mary halts the queen's execution by bringing the maiden's children.
The Love for Three Oranges (fairy tale)
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"The Love for the Three Oranges" or "The Three Citrons" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in the Pentamerone. It is the concluding tale, and the one the heroine of the frame story uses to reveal that an imposter has taken her place.
The prince releases the fairy woman from the fruit. Illustration by Edward G. McCandlish for Édouard René de Laboulaye's Fairy Book (1920).
The ugly slave sees the image of a beautiful woman in the water. Illustration from The Enchanted Canary, from The Red Fairy Book (1890).