The Golden Ass: The Tale of the Jealous Wife story
A woman is condemned to death by wild beasts, and also to have public intercourse with an ass, as punishment for murdering her husband's sister out of jealousy. This is an inset story from Book 10.
19 total · 3 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| female-female rivalry | major | The story concerned a wife who murdered her husband's sister out of jealousy. |
| murder | major | A wife had her servants kill her husband's sister by running her through with a white-hot firebrand, then she poison murdered her husband and daughter. |
| romantic jealousy | major | A wife killed her husband's sister out of jealousy because she mistook the sister for a romantic rival. |
| brother and sister | minor | A brother was working to marry off his sister to his friend, but it ended tragically when his wife killed the sister out of jealously. |
| capital punishment | minor | A woman was sentenced to be thrown to the beasts as punishment for having committed a spate of poison murders. |
| coping with being tortured | minor | The murderous wife's attendants were tortured for their information. |
| coping with the death of a family member | minor | A brother fell gravely ill upon learning of his sister's tragic death. |
| extramarital affair | minor | A wife perceived adultery, though in fact there was none. |
| filicide | minor | A woman callously poison murdered her own daughter in an effort to secure her husband's inheritance. |
| greedy heir | minor | A woman stooped to poison murdering her own daughter in an effort to secure the woman's deceased husband's inheritance. |