The constellation
R71 Captive prince joins captor out of gratitude for his freedom. (He had refused to promise that he would not fight again.) (Cf. W27.)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Behavior of captives · R70 entry
filed beside
- Defiant prisoners refuse to accept grace even from their father unless it is granted them all. (Cf. M165.) · R72 entry
- Defeated warriors go into the conqueror's service · R74 entry
- Surrendering · R75 entry
- Woman suckles imprisoned relative through prison wall · R81 entry
- Captive sends secret message outside (in orange or on handkerchief) · R82 entry
- Baker, disguised as old woman, substitutes for princess in cell when he brings bread to her · R83 entry
- Prisoner's sustenance from outside prison. (Cf. R81.) · R84 entry
- Captive protected by angel from abductor · R85 entry
- [First Edition: R90. Captivity – miscellaneous.] · R90[1st ed.] entry