Brother rescues sister(s). (Cf. G551.1.)

Motif

Brother rescues sister(s). (Cf. G551.1.)

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R156

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. III

Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

Irish mythCross
Icelandic*Boberg
SpanishEspinosa II No. 18
GreekGrote I 156
India*Thompson-Balys
ChineseGraham.

Within the index

Filed under Rescuers.

Filed beside it

Husband rescues wife Wife rescues husband Parents rescues child. (Cf. S351.)Children rescue parents Brothers rescue brothers Sisters rescue sisters. (Cf. G551.2.)Sister rescues brother(s)Lover rescues his lady Rescue 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 princess Master rescues disciple Angels as rescuers Other rescuers

Travels with

Rescue of sister from ogre by brother

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