Horn of Roncevalles. Hero calls aid of waiting soldiers on horn

Motif

Horn of Roncevalles. Hero calls aid of waiting soldiers on horn.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as R187

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

general *Thien Motive 32
general Old French: Chanson de Roland.

Within the index

Filed under Rescue – miscellaneous motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it

Dord fían. A call used by members of a fían (warrior band) for summoning aid

Filed beside it

Rescue at the stake. (Cf. R151.2, R154.1.1, R164.2, R215.)Executioner miraculously blinded: condemned man saved Demon enclosed in bottle released True rescuer hidden by girl when he arrives to claim her Mortal fights with "Death". (Cf. R169.16.)Rescued person horrifies rescuers: e.g., they swoon on seeing him King (prince) returns home (from exile) and rescues his native country

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