Captivity in tower

Motif

Captivity in tower.

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Places of captivity. · view the constellation · filed as R41.2

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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 myth*Cross
ItalianBasile Pentamerone II No. 1, IV No. 6, Rotunda
India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 310
general Dickson 198 n. 8

Within the index

Filed under Captivity in tower (castle, prison).

2 finer motifs beneath it

Slandered wife is locked in tower for forty days. If no champion appears, she is to be burned. Former suitor rescues her Captivity in bower

Filed beside it

Captivity in castle Captivity in dungeon Groom as prisoner in his and giantess's bridal chamber. (Cf. R41.5.)Abducted princess fettered in hall with 100 doors. Bridal bed for her and giant in the midst. (Cf. R111.2.3.)Captivity in a pillar Captivity in cages. (Cf. Q433.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Maiden in the Tower · ATU 3101 recorded variant
Crystal Palace (previously The Princess from the Tower Recovers her Husband) · ATU 891A1 recorded variant

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