Rescue of princess (maiden) from giant (monster). (Cf. G100.)

Motif

Rescue of princess (maiden) from giant (monster). (Cf. G100.)

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue of captive. · view the constellation · filed as R111.1.4

Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
EnglishWells 117 (Sir Torrent of Portyngale)
Icelandic*Boberg
IndiaThompson-Balys
JapaneseIkeda.
general *Dickson 132 n. 106
general *Brown Iwain 50 n. 1

Within the index

Filed under Princess (maiden) rescued from captor.

Filed beside it

Rescue of princess from ogre. See references to R11.1 Princess rescued from robbers Rescue of princess (maiden) from dragon 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 suitor Rescue of princess (queen, maiden) from supernatural being who has won her at game of chance Maiden rescued from rakshasa Princess rescued from captivity of elephant Rescue of girl from tigers

Travels with

Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.)

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