Reward for rescue — Mythoi

Motif

Reward for rescue.

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds rewarded. · Kindness rewarded. · view the constellation · filed as Q53

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Jewish Neuman
India Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda.

Within the index

Filed under Kindness rewarded.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Disguised king rewards rescuer from robbers. (Cf. K1812.) Magic shirt and information about sought robbers as reward for rescue of poor fisherman Maiden queen offers her hand as reward for rescuing her town

Filed beside it

Politeness rewarded Generosity rewarded Reward for giving counsel Reward for almsgiving Hospitality rewarded Reward for protecting fugitive Kindness to orphans repaid by dead parents Kindness to animals rewarded Uprightness rewarded. (Cf. Q151.7.) Reward for sparing life when in animal form Love rewarded Attendance on the sick rewarded

Carried in tale types

The Robber and his Sons (previously The Old Robber Relates Three Adventures) · ATU 953 2 recorded variants

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