Husband rescues stolen wife. (Cf. H1385.3, R11.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Husband rescues stolen wife. (Cf. H1385.3, R11.1.)

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R151.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Spanish Boggs FFC XC 46 No. 316
India *Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 342 n. 235
general Krappe Revue Celtique XLVIII (1931) 94–123
general Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 399 No. 1.

Within the index

Filed under Husband rescues wife.

1 finer motif beneath it

Husband frees wife who has sold herself into slavery in order to ransom him

Filed beside it

Husband rescues wife from burning at stake. (Cf. R175.) Husband rescues wife from cannibal. (Cf. G10.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Quest for vanished wife (mistress) Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.)

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