Captivity as refuge for the captive — Mythoi

Motif

Captivity as refuge for the captive.

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Conditions of captivity. · view the constellation · filed as R53

Cited in the index

general Type 870.

Within the index

Filed under Conditions of captivity.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Woman hidden in underground chamber or mud cabin. (Cf. R45.) Woman hidden in sacred place which her lover is not supposed to dare to enter Girl locked up in order to postpone wedding Faithful servant locks his master and his friend up in a little house built from wood from their wrecked ships; they falsely think themselves betrayed

Filed beside it

Mistreatment of prisoners Hero locked up while his father is murdered Person sold into slavery

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