μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Captivity in mound (cave, hollow hill).

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Places of captivity. · view the constellation · filed as R45

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 54 No. 405*A
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham.
  • general *Type 870
  • general *BP III 443ff., 450
  • general *Fb "höj" I 740b, 741
  • general **Liungman Traditionsstudie över sagan om prinsessani jordkulan (Göteborg, 1925). Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Places of captivity.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Man confined under roots of tree Imprisonment in lion's den Captivity in cave
Filed beside it
Captivity in tower (castle, prison) Captivity in sunken valley Captivity on island Captivity under water Captivity in lower world Other places of captivity
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic rescue of prisoner from mound. (Cf. R45.) Woman hidden in underground chamber or mud cabin. (Cf. R45.)
Carried in tale types

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