Youth saved from death sentence by father's friend — Mythoi

Motif

Youth saved from death sentence by father's friend.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R169.6

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Other rescuers.

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 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.)

Carried in tale types

The Unreliable Friends · ATU 893 1 recorded variant

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