Hero rescued by friend

Motif

Hero rescued by friend.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R169.5

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.

Icelandic*Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Other rescuers.

1 finer motif beneath it

Hero's wife rescued by his faithful friend

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.)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 Child rescued by nurse Wounded hero restored in peasant's house Rescue by stranger Death as rescuer. (Cf. R185.)

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