Mermaid rescues heroine who has been thrown overboard. (Cf. B81.) — Mythoi

Motif

Mermaid rescues heroine who has been thrown overboard. (Cf. B81.)

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue of abandoned or lost persons. · view the constellation · filed as R137

Filed across the traditions

Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 7
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Rescue of abandoned or lost persons.

Filed beside it

Exposed or abandoned child rescued Vanished wife rescued Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away Rescue from shipwreck Rescue from well Exposed children swallowed by earth; vomited up when grown. (Cf. F900.) Abandoned man befriended by a Centaur. (Cf. B21.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea

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