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R152 Wife rescues husband
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- Disguised wife helps husband escape from prison. (Cf. R121.) · R152.1 entry
- Woman disguised as man sells herself into slavery in order to ransom (free) her husband (lover). (Cf. K1837.) · R152.2 entry
- Wives change clothes with their imprisoned husbands when allowed to visit them. Husbands escape · R152.3 entry
- Wife gets back her husband from land of serpents by charming him with her beautiful dance · R152.4 entry
- Transformed wife takes husband out of captivity · R152.5 entry
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carried in tale type
- The Nix of the Mill-pond · ATU 316