Capture on field of battle

Motif

Capture on field of battle.

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Captivity. · view the constellation · filed as R5

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
Icelandic*Boberg
JewishNeuman.

Within the index

Filed under Captivity.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Enemy host imprisoned by earthen walls thrown up by hero's chariot wheels Hero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides

Filed beside it

Wild man captured and tamed God holds the devil captive for three years King imprisons another king's embassy Surprise capture Messenger of Death imprisoned Men held captive in the Land of Women. (Cf. F112.)Gods captured Captivity – miscellaneous

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