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Motif

Rescue of princess (maiden) from dragon.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue of captive. · view the constellation · filed as R111.1.3

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“As he was returning from the hunt, there met him heralds sent by Erginus to receive the tribute from the Thebans. Now the Thebans paid tribute to Erginus for the following reason. Clymenus, king of the Minyans, was wounded with a cast of a stone by a charioteer of Menoeceus, named Perieres, in a precinct of Poseidon at Onchestus; and being carried dying to Orchomenus, he with his last breath charged his son Erginus to avenge his death.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa II Nos. 133–135, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 68f.
  • Greek*Frazer Apollodorus I 158 n. 3 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • JapaneseIkeda.
  • general *Types 300, 303
  • general *Hartland Perseus III 1–65 passim
  • general **Ranke FFC CXIV
  • general *BP I 534
  • general *Loomis White Magic 119. See also references to B11.10 and B11.11. – Icelandic: *Boberg
Within the index

Filed under Princess (maiden) rescued from captor.

Filed beside it
Rescue of princess from ogre. See references to R11.1Princess rescued from robbersRescue of princess (maiden) from giant (monster). (Cf. G100.)Rescue of woman from snake-husband. (Cf. B604.1.)Princess ransomed from slavery. (Cf. R61.)Rescue of princess (maiden) from magician. (Cf. D1711.)Rescue of maidens from witches. (Cf. G200.)Princess rescued from undesired suitorRescue of princess (queen, maiden) from supernatural being who has won her at game of chanceMaiden rescued from rakshasaPrincess rescued from captivity of elephantRescue of girl from tigers
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrificeNuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite timeTransformation: man to stonePetrification by glanceTransformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce womanMagic sandalsMagic capMagic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.)Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.)Night magically lengthenedThree women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.)Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.)
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