μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Wives change clothes with their imprisoned husbands when allowed to visit them. Husbands escape.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R152.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Grote I 463.
Within the index

Filed under Wife rescues husband.

Filed beside it
Disguised wife helps husband escape from prison. (Cf. R121.) Woman disguised as man sells herself into slavery in order to ransom (free) her husband (lover). (Cf. K1837.) Wife gets back her husband from land of serpents by charming him with her beautiful dance Transformed wife takes husband out of captivity

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