Captives and fugitives

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• Captive buried alive to his neck fastens his teeth on jackal that comes to eat him and companions. Rest flee when they hear him howl. In struggles to get free jackal loosens earth around captive, who manages to free himself. R212.1.2
• Man buried alive with beloved escapes, as thieves break open the tomb. R212.2
• Escape from home. R213
• Prince escapes from home in order to see world. R213.1
• Animal eludes bird watchman and escapes from his hole. R214
• Escape from execution. R215
• Escape from execution pyre by means of wings. R215.1
• Escape from execution pyre through underground passage. R215.1.2
• Escape from death by boiling oil. R215.2
• Escape from execution on flying wooden horse. (Cf. D1626.1.) R215.3
• Escape from ship while captors quarrel. R216
• Escape from ship by jumping into the sea. R216.1
• Inscription accidentally seen tells hero how to escape captivity. R217
• Escape from fairyland. (Cf. F210.) R218
• Escapes – miscellaneous. R219
• Man carried off on bed escapes by grasping tree limbs as he passes under tree. R219.1
• Man and wife escape from land of dead upon a vine. (Cf. E481.) R219.2
• Flights. R220
• Heroine's three-fold flight from ball. Cinderella (Cap o' Rushes) after meeting the prince at a ball (church) flees before identification is possible. Repeated three times. R221
• Unknown knight. (Three days' tournament.) For three days in succession an unknown knight in different armor wins a tournament and escapes without recognition. Finally identified by tokens. R222
• Girl flees to escape incestuous brother. R224
• Elopement. R225
• Elopement on winged horse. R225.1
• Lovers elope to prevent girl's marriage to undesired fiancé. R225.2
• Wife flees from husband. (Cf. P210, T200.) R227
• Wife flees from animal husband. R227.1
• Flight from hated husband. R227.2
• Supernatural wife finds garment stolen from her by husband and leaves him. R227.3
• Children leave home because their parents refuse them food. R228
• Obstacle flight – Atalanta type. Objects are thrown back which the pursuer stops to pick up while the fugitive escapes. R231
• Ogre tries to retain fugitive by tempting him with gold ring; but he takes ring by cutting off the hand. R231.1
• Fugitive cuts tail of camel caught by pursuer and it turns into grass. R231.2
• Helpful animal's tail cut off so pursuers who hang onto tail are shaken off into river. R231.2.1
• Fugitive kills pursuer and takes his extraordinary horse to continue flight. R233
• Fugitives cut support of bridge so that pursuer falls. R235
• Pursuers aided by magic weather phenomenon. R236
• Fugitive aided by magic mist. R236.1
• Sun sets at high noon to hide fugitive. (Cf. F965.) R236.2
• Earthquake saves fugitive. R236.3
• Fugitive has magic wind against him, pursuer with him (caused by goddess). R236.4
• Flight on skis; two on one pair. R241
• Flight carrying friend (girl) on back. R242
• Fugitives aided by helpful animal. (Cf. B520.) R243
• Pursuer misdirected by animal to help fugitive. R243.1
• Ships burned to prevent flight. R244
• Whale-boat. A man is carried across the water on a whale (fish). (He usually deceives the whale as to the nearness of the land or as to hearing thunder. As a consequence the whale runs into the shore or is killed by lightning.) R245
• Crocodile-boat. Trickster props his jaws apart and leaves him. R245.1
• Snake king takes fleeing captives across river. R245.2
• Crane-bridge. Fugitives are helped across a stream by a crane who lets them cross on his leg. The pursuer is either refused assistance or drowned by the crane. R246
• Stone bridge appears for fugitives. Disappears and drowns pursuers. R246.1
• Flight on a tree, which ogre tries to cut down. R251
• Flight by vaulting on stick. R252
• Escape from nest of giant bird by seizing two young birds and jumping. R253
• Formula for girl fleeing: behind me night, etc. "Behind me night and before me day that no one shall see where I go." R255
• Fugitives sustain selves on apples. R257
• Pursuits. R260
• Pursuit by rolling object. R261
• Pursuit by rolling head. R261.1
• Magic eel pursues man over land. R262
• Pursuer (witch, giant) pulls out tail of fugitive's horse. R265
• Fugitives trailed by mustard seeds (ashes) dropped from bag. (Cf. R135.) R267
• Dew in footprints reveals man's way. R268
• Pursuit by fire. R271
• Pursuer follows successive night campfires (each brighter than last). R272
• Refuges and recapture. R300
• Refuges. R310
• Tree refuge. R311
• Trees magically hide a fugitive. R311.1
• Thorn-brake as refuge. R311.1.1
• King escapes pursuers through hollow tree in his hall. R311.2
• Stolen child found in hollow tree. R311.3
• Stretching tree refuge for fugitive. (Cf. D482.1.) R311.4
• Forest as refuge. R312
• Forest as refuge of eloping lovers. (Cf. R225.) R312.1
• Princess hides in straw. R313
• Negro takes refuge under princess's throne. R314
• Cave as refuge. R315
• Cave as eloping lovers' refuge. (Cf. R225, T35.) R315.1
• Christians crushed in cave where they take refuge from heathen. R315.2
• Refuge on rock in sea. R316
• Refuge on island. R316.1
• Well (spring) as refuge. R317
• Girl hidden in skin of her dead mother. R318
• Boy hidden under skin in order not to be seen and prophesied about. R318.1
• Escape to the stars. Fugitives rise in the air and become stars. (Cf. R324.) R321
• Sister escapes to the stars to avoid marrying brother. He is the thunder and her face is Lightning. R321.1
• Escape to moon. Pursued hero escapes to moon. R321.2
• Eagle's nest as refuge. R322
• Refuge in upper world. R323
• Murderer escapes to sky on sky rope. (Cf. F51.) R323.1
• Murderer escapes to sky in magic chariot. R323.2
• Refuge in air. Fugitive supernaturally rises in air to escape. (Cf. R321.) R324
• Escape from battle by flying in air. R324.1
• Church (altar) as refuge. R325
• Devil chases ghost of wicked man until he puts his head into chapel window. (Cf. E754.) R325.1
• Idol cracks open to grant refuge to fugitive in answer to prayer; then closes again. R325.2
• Saint offers murderer refuge. R325.3
• Escape to fairyland. (Cf. F210.) R326
• Earth opens to rescue fugitive. R327
• Hero takes refuge at king's court. R331
• Roof as refuge for pursued animals. R335
• Refuge under kettle. R336
• Escape by intervention of Providence. (Cf. F942.1.) R341
• Lightning strikes branch on which man is being hanged. Delay gives him chance to prove his innocence. (Cf. R175.) R341.1
• Cities of refuge. R345
• Recapture of fugitive. R350
• Fugitive discovered by reflection in water. R351
• Milk drops from woman's breast on tiger's leg and reveals her hiding place in tree. R351.1
• Lovers fleeing from slavery are recaptured. (Cf. R211.4.) R352
• Eloping girl recaptured by parents. (Cf. R225.) R355