μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Child rescued by nurse.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R169.13

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Filed under Other rescuers.

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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 Unpromising hero as rescuer. (Cf. L100.) Unknown helper(s) emerge(s) in the last moment and turn(s) out later to be well known. (Cf. R222.) Hero rescued by sailors Wounded hero restored in peasant's house Rescue by stranger Death as rescuer. (Cf. R185.)

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