75 motifs match “captured”  ·  back to the chapters

• Abandoned culture hero captured by use of net. A511.2.1.1
• Mermaid captured. B81.13.11
• Captured goose warns tortoise: released in gratitude. B143.1.6
• Captured animal ransoms self. B278
• Soul of sleeper prevented from returning when it is captured in animal form. E721.1.2.1
• Souls of dead captured on leaving corpse. E752.1.3
• Fairy captured by mortal escapes. F329.4.3
• Captured water fairy promises to make ugly man beautiful in return for her release. F341.2.1
• Fairy captured. F387
• Dwarfs promise to emigrate if captured dwarfs are released. F451.9.1.5
• Person aids ogre and is captured. G411
• Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. G510
• Ogre captured. G514
• Ogre captured while transformed to animal. G514.4
• Ogre captured with decoy smeared with tar. He is then killed and thrown into water. G514.7
• Ogre captured by animal. G514.8
• Ogre captured by tortoise. G514.8.1
• Enemy horses captured by lion join forces and become friends. J891
• King of jackals captured because of his large banner. J951.5
• Captured elephants pull all at once and escape from net. J1024.1
• Claim that dog-head captured game. Two hunters, one with dog and other with dog-head, dispute. The claim that the dog-head captured the game is allowed and then the alarm is raised that the owner of the, game is coming to punish the theft. J1214.1
• Trumpeter's false defense. A trumpeter captured pleads that he did not fight. Answered: "You may not fight, but you encourage your men to do so." J1465
• Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstream. J1534
• The cat's only trick. She saves herself on a tree. The fox, who knows a hundred tricks, is captured. J1662
• Unknown animal: a pig captured in a pit. J1736.3
• Foolish demon sees his reflection in trickster's mirror and is convinced he has been captured. J1795.1
• Camel and ass together captured because of ass's singing. J2137.6
• The fool betrays his brothers. They escape but he is captured and stupidly betrays their hiding places. J2668
• Owner feigns madness and thus raises alarm: thieves captured. K439.9
• Captors deceived into believing captive is planning to stay with them: vigilance relaxed. Captured general orders heavy boxes taken into the temple. These are thought to be gold and it is concluded that he will not try to leave. He escapes. K536
• Captured animal asks respite while he gives war alarm. K551.7
• "Wait till I get fat." Captured person (animal) persuades his captor to wait and fatten him before eating him. K553
• "Let me catch you better game." Captured animal pretends to help captor bring more desirable victim. Escapes. K553.1
• Escape by laughing and crying at same time. Captured bird cries in thinking of her little ones and laughs under pretext that the hunter is wasting his time instead of taking the treasure which she pretends is in her house. The hunter leaves her. K608
• Free animal saves its captured friend. K642
• Dupe lured away from protection of friends: captured. K725
• Dupe persuaded to ride on trickster's back: captured. (Cf. J651.1.) K726
• Wildboar captured in church. K731
• Intruder captured in chimney. Burned. K732
• Knight captured in pitfall while his horse escapes. K735.3
• Victim captured in a noose. K743
• Birds captured by imitating their song. K756.1
• Victim enticed into dancing: captured. K772
• Capture by sight of women's breasts. Women with uncovered breasts meet hero. He averts his face and is captured. K774
• Fortress captured as harper puts garrison to sleep with music while besiegers place fingers in ears. K776.1.1
• Castle captured with assistance of owner's daughter. She loves the attacker. (Cf. K811.1.1, K2340.) K781
• Maiden sent to rendezvous with lover, who is captured. K787
• Woman lured into the forest and captured. K788
• Man killed with sword, which he himself is tricked into passing to captured enemy. K818.1
• Owner admitted into his own castle, captured in his absence, in guise of a monk. He has given news to conqueror of his purported death. K2357.0.2
• Prosperity forever or for a day? King asks prince whether he has secret of prosperity forever or a day. Prince says "forever" and is captured. Later his wife, asked same question, says "for a day" and is honored. L291
• Captured bird promises to deliver fifteen birds in exchange for freedom. M244.2
• Man captured by pirates is maimed, crippled, blinded. He is patient through it all. Finally he is elected ruler by his dead master's subjects. N251.1
• Hero captured by man he has formerly rescued: rewarded. N763
• Captured queen commits suicide. (Cf. P16.3.0.1.) P26
• Two friends captured by Moors have money to ransom only one. The ransomed one returns home, gets money and buys the other's freedom. P319.1
• Gate of captured town (castle) to be widened until overlord's spear can pass through crosswise. P555.3
• Warrior not entitled to ransom if captured without arms. P557.1
• Knight who ravished nun captured when she miraculously appears before him on his horse and holds reins until he is taken. Q244.2
• Captured animals avenge themselves. Q385
• Wild man captured and tamed. R1
• Hero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides. R5.2
• Gods captured. R8
• Sun captured. R9.1
• Sun captured during visit to earth. R9.1.1
• Sun and Moon captured by creditor, thus causing eclipse. R9.1.2
• Ogress captured and reformed. R9.3
• King transformed to parrot frees captured parrots. (Cf. D641.) R115
• Father rescues son captured by enemy. R153.3.1
• Lovers fleeing from slavery are recaptured. (Cf. R211.4.) R352
• Eloping girl recaptured by parents. (Cf. R225.) R355
• Captured women hanged and crucified. S139.3
• Sultan's daughter in love with captured knight. T91.6.4.1
• Female deer offers herself instead of her mate, who has been captured. Hunter, struck by her sacrifice, lets both go. T211.1.4
• Clerical virtue of absolute faith. Man captured by robbers is so confident that God will protect him that he is saved. V461.7