μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Princess (maiden) abducted. (Cf. R11.1, R12.1, R13.1, R16.1, R17.1, R25.1, R31.)

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Abduction. · view the constellation · filed as R10.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "princesse"
  • Spanish Espinosa II No. 133–135
  • Italian Novella Rotunda
  • Greek Grote I 156
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham
  • Indonesia DeVries'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 soldiers Lover abducts maiden from cruel father and brother
Filed beside it
Pretended abduction. Adulterous wife plots own abduction by paramour Children abducted Hero abducted by witch who loves him Abduction by monster (ogre). (Cf. G440.) Abduction by pirates Abduction by animal Deity (demigod) abducts person Abduction by transformed person Abduction by whirlwind. (Cf. D1520.28.) Abduction by rejected suitor Abduction by giving soporific Abduction with aid of magic mask which renders invisible. (Cf. D1361.32.) Abductor in disguise. (Cf. K1310.) Abduction through underground passage Light extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.) Abduction by stealing clothes of bathers
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
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 beast Girl 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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