Captive hews through iron prison with sword

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Captive hews through iron prison with sword.

Captives and fugitives. · Escapes and pursuits. · Escapes. · view the constellation · filed as R211.5

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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.

Irish mythCross.

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Filed under Escape from prison.

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Giant breaks from tower prison Captive bores way out of prison Escape through underground passage Escape from slavery (pirates). (Cf. R61.)Captive knocks prison roof off. (Cf. F627.)Escape from pit of snakes by means of rope. (Cf. Q465, R41.3.1.)Rescue from prison by beheading giant keeper Escape from prison because of bribed guards

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