μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Abduction by monster (ogre). (Cf. G440.)

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Abduction. · view the constellation · filed as R11

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Espinosa II Nos. 133–135, III Nos. 141f.
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 129, 1060
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 39.
  • general **Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København, 1910)
Within the index

Filed under Abduction.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) Abduction by devil Abduction by giant. (Cf. F531, G100.)
Filed beside 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 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.)
Ogre abducts person

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “abduction” · wander