Princess offered as prize to rescuer — Mythoi

Motif

Princess offered as prize to rescuer.

Sex. · Love. · Wooing. · view the constellation · filed as T68.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Italian Basile Pentamerone I No. 7
India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Werner 420 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI
Africa (Angola) Chatelain 89 No. 5.
general *Types 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 506, 653
general *Hartland Perseus III 1–65
general *MacCulloch Childhood 17f.

Within the index

Filed under Princess offered as prize.

Filed beside it

Earl's daughter as reward to knight who helped to kill fierce buffalo Princess as prize to man who saves his country Vanquished king gives hero his daughter and control over his kingdom Girl marries hunter when he promises to return to monkey brothers their human form. (Cf. D118.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

City-gods Creation of the universe Wild man as king of animals Unusual animal as riding-horse Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Marriage to dog in human form Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc Spirits and demons (general) Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast

Carried in tale types

The Dragon-Slayer · ATU 300 24 recorded variants
The Rarest Thing in the World · ATU 653A 8 recorded variants
The Healing Fruits · ATU 610 6 recorded variants
The Princess's Ring (previously Dragons Ravish Princesses) · ATU 301D* 1 recorded variant

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