μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Rescue from shipwreck.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue of abandoned or lost persons. · view the constellation · filed as R138

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Rescue of abandoned or lost persons.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Mermaid rescues hero (boy) from shipwreck Gam rescues hero as boy from shipwreck
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 Mermaid rescues heroine who has been thrown overboard. (Cf. B81.) Rescue from well Exposed children swallowed by earth; vomited up when grown. (Cf. F900.) Abandoned man befriended by a Centaur. (Cf. B21.)

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