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Motif
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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • N. Am. Indian (California) Gayton and Newman 86, (Zuñi): Benedict II 334.
  • general **Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København, 1910), Nissens Historie
  • general **Hdwb. d. Märchens I 541ff.
Within the index
20 finer motifs beneath it
Princess (maiden) abducted. (Cf. R11.1, R12.1, R13.1, R16.1, R17.1, R25.1, R31.) 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 Fairy physician abducted to heal wounded mortals. (Cf. F344.) Abducted princess gives birth to child Abduction – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Abduction punished. (Cf. Q411.8, Q595.2, R10.)

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