Places of captivity

Motif

Places of captivity.

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Places of captivity. · view the constellation · filed as R40

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 3, Section CCLXXX
MesopotamianThe Babylonian Legends of the Creation (Enūma Eliš), Tablet 7
Literary CrystallizationThe Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, Hell 19
SlavicRussian Folk-Tales, Chapter I
Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit)The Hymns of the Rigveda, 4.42

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.

Missouri FrenchCarrière.

Within the index

7 finer motifs beneath it

Captivity in tower (castle, prison)Captivity in sunken valley Captivity on island Captivity in mound (cave, hollow hill)Captivity under water Captivity in lower world Other places of captivity

Travels with

Imprisoning by magic. (Cf. R40.)

wander