μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Rescue of abandoned or lost persons.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Hero finds his vanished wife and disenchants herLost wife restored by conjurer
Filed beside it
Exposed or abandoned child rescuedAbandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led awayMermaid rescues heroine who has been thrown overboard. (Cf. B81.)Rescue from shipwreckRescue from wellExposed children swallowed by earth; vomited up when grown. (Cf. F900.)Abandoned man befriended by a Centaur. (Cf. B21.)

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