The constellation
R137 Mermaid rescues heroine who has been thrown overboard. (Cf. B81.)
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- Exposed or abandoned child rescued · R131 entry
- Vanished wife rescued · R133 entry
- Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away · R135 entry
- Rescue from shipwreck · R138 entry
- Rescue from well · R141 entry
- Exposed children swallowed by earth; vomited up when grown. (Cf. F900.) · R142 entry
- Abandoned man befriended by a Centaur. (Cf. B21.) · R143 entry