Quest for stolen princess — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for stolen princess.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1385.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic *Boberg
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Types 301, 408, 506
general Aarne FFC XXIII 126

Within the index

Filed under Quest for lost persons.

Filed beside it

Unspelling quest: journey to disenchant (free) captives Quest for vanished daughter Quest for vanished wife (mistress) Quest for vanished husband Quest for vanished lover. (Cf. H1381.2.1.1.) Quest for lost sister Quest for lost father. (Cf. H1216.) Quest for lost brother(s) Quest for lost (stolen) family Quest for lost prince (king) Quest for lost uncles King in quest of his prime minister who has left him in anger

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Rescue of captive maiden. (Cf. H1385.1, R10.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Three Stolen Princesses · ATU 301 2 recorded variants

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