μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • GreekGrote I 462f.
  • JewishNeuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general Type 316
Within the index

Filed under Rescuers.

5 finer motifs beneath 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.)Wives change clothes with their imprisoned husbands when allowed to visit them. Husbands escapeWife gets back her husband from land of serpents by charming him with her beautiful danceTransformed wife takes husband out of captivity
Filed beside it
Husband rescues wifeParents rescues child. (Cf. S351.)Children rescue parentsBrothers rescue brothersBrother rescues sister(s). (Cf. G551.1.)Sisters rescue sisters. (Cf. G551.2.)Sister rescues brother(s)Lover rescues his ladyRescue by captor's daughter (wife, mother)Rescue by grateful dead man. (Cf. E341.)Rescue by giant. (Cf. G100.)Rescue by saint (holy man). (Cf. R121.6.)Brothers having extraordinary skill rescue princessMaster rescues discipleAngels as rescuersOther rescuers
Travels with
Woman swims nightly to husband's prison and arranges his escape. Spurns the attentions of treacherous suitor. (Cf. R152.)
Carried in tale types

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