Unpromising hero as rescuer. (Cf. L100.)

Motif

Unpromising hero as rescuer. (Cf. L100.)

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R169.10

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Other rescuers.

1 finer motif beneath it

Fool rescues girl and wins her for his wife

Filed beside it

Hero in disguise of foolish knight, then of black knight, rescues lady. (Cf. R222.)Boys rescued from beasts by hermit. (Cf. N843, R131.10.)Boy saved by werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.1.)Hero rescued by servant. (Cf. P361, R53.4.)Hero rescued by friend Youth saved from death sentence by father's friend Royal minister rescues abandoned queen(s). (Cf. P110.)Predestined rescuer Boy rescued by childless woman Unknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to be well known. (Cf. R222.)Hero rescued by sailors Child rescued by nurse Wounded hero restored in peasant's house Rescue by stranger Death as rescuer. (Cf. R185.)

Travels with

Unpromising hero (heroine)

wander