μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 11references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "princesse"
  • SpanishEspinosa II No. 133–135
  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • GreekGrote I 156
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseGraham
  • IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 220.
  • general *Types 301, 302, 311, 312
  • general *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 553b nn. 296–315
  • general Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København 1910). – Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Abduction.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Maiden abducted by soldiersLover abducts maiden from cruel father and brother
Filed beside it
Pretended abduction. Adulterous wife plots own abduction by paramourChildren abductedHero abducted by witch who loves himAbduction by monster (ogre). (Cf. G440.)Abduction by piratesAbduction by animalDeity (demigod) abducts personAbduction by transformed personAbduction by whirlwind. (Cf. D1520.28.)Abduction by rejected suitorAbduction by giving soporificAbduction with aid of magic mask which renders invisible. (Cf. D1361.32.)Abductor in disguise. (Cf. K1310.)Abduction through underground passageLight extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.)Abduction by stealing clothes of bathers
Travels with
Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.)Rescue of captive maiden. (Cf. H1385.1, R10.1.)Maiden abducted by pirates (robbers). (Cf. R10.1.)Abduction by wild beastGirl carried off by ram. (Cf. R10.1.)Maiden abducted by transformed hero. (Cf. D658, D2121.7, R10.1.)Whirlwind carries princess away. (Cf. R10.1.)Princess abducted through underground passage. (Cf. R10.1.)Light extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.)

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