323 motifs match “rescue” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• God rescues sleeping man from attack. A185.2.1
• Culture hero's (divinity's) expected return. Divinity or hero is expected to return at the proper time and rescue his people from their misfortunes. Often joined with A571. A580
• Moon falls into pit but is rescued by man. A754.1.1
• Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God. A812.1
• Rescue from deluge by fish. A1027
• Dog rescues cow's teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle. (Cf. A2335.4.3.) A2229.1
• Grateful dragon saves hero and rescues him from prison. B11.6.1.2
• Drowning man rescued by siren. B53.1
• Grateful snake spits out lump of gold for his rescuer. B103.4.2.1
• Animals grateful for rescue from peril of death. B360
• Animals grateful for rescue from pit. B361
• Animal grateful for rescue from drowning. B362
• Animal grateful for rescue from net. B363
• Animal grateful for other rescue. B364
• Animal grateful for rescue from trap. B364.1
• Animal grateful for rescue from fire. B364.2
• Animal grateful for rescue from mud. B364.5
• Animal grateful for rescue of its young. B365
• Bird grateful for rescue of its young. B365.0.1
• Animal grateful for rescue of its mate. B365.1
• Lion rescued from snake: thankful. B374.1
• Dogs rescue fleeing master from tree refuge. B524.1.2
• Animal rescuer or retriever. Rescue person or retrieve lost object. B540
• Helpful horse rescues children. B540.2
• Animal rescues man from sea. B541
• Fish swallows man to rescue him from sea. B541.1.1
• Fox rescues man from sea. B541.2
• Bird rescues man from sea. (Cf. B542, B450.) B541.3
• Dog rescues drowning man. B541.4
• Fish rescues ship. (Cf. B470.) B541.5
• Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basket. B542.1.2
• Measuring worm rescues from a height. B542.1.3
• Stolen child rescued by animal nurse. (Cf. B535.) B543.3
• Elephant rescues stolen girl. B543.3.1
• Animal rescues captive. B544
• Animal rescues from trap (net). B545
• Animal rescues man from dangerous place. B547
• Animal rescues man from well. B547.1
• Raven rescues man from pit. B547.2
• Centaur rescues man from beast-infested jungle. B547.3
• Frog rescues man from kingdom of the snakes. B547.4
• Animal rescuer – miscellaneous. B549
• Abandoned child rescued by dog. B549.3
• Animal rescues from cave. B549.4
• Animal corrects examination paper for his rescuer. B579.3
• Tabu: revealing dragon-fighter's identity. Dragon-fighter forbids princess whom he has rescued to tell who he is. C422.1
• Transformation so as to rescue. D643
• Transformation to falcon in order to rescue condemned man at the gallows. D643.1
• Transformed mother called by her child. Comes and is rescued. D792
• Enchanted person attracts attention of rescuer. D794
• Magic object received from man in return for rescue of child. D817.1
• Magic object received from dwarf in return for rescue of child or kindness to child. D817.1.1
• Magic object rescues person. D1390
• Rescue by magic object – miscellaneous. D1399
• Magic object summons army for rescue. D1421.5
• Magic horn summons army for rescue. (Cf. D1222.) D1421.5.1
• Return from dead to rescue from drowning. E379.1
• Rescued princess leaves her necklace behind in flight; hero returns for it and is left in underworld. F102.3
• Fairy mistress rescues hero from battle. F302.9
• Man goes to fairyland and rescues stolen child. (Cf. F322.2.) F321.3
• Unbaptized child stolen by fairies found in barn and rescued. F321.3.1
• Man rescues his wife from fairyland. (Cf. F321.3.) F322.2
• Rescue from fairyland. F322.5
• Woman rescued from mountain-men. F460.4.4.1.1
• Extraordinary companions rescue hero. F601.4
• Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) F913
• Smith swallowed by water-monster and rescued by saint. F913.1
• Man is rescued from devil by baptism. G303.16.6
• Rescue from ogre. G550
• Rescue from ogre by relative. G551
• Rescue of sister from ogre by brother. G551.1
• Rescue of sister from ogre by another sister. G551.2
• Rescue of children from ogre by brother. G551.3
• Rescue of children from giant (ogre) by hero (skillful companions). G551.3.1
• One brother rescues another from ogre. G551.4
• One foster brother rescues another from ogre. G551.4.1
• Rescue from ogre by helpful animals. G552
• Rescue from ogre by means of singing. G555
• Recognition of captive's voice brings about rescue from ogre. Usually captive sings in the bag. G556
• Rescue tokens. Proof that hero has succeeded in rescue. (Cf. H105, H105.1, H105.2.) H83
• Identification by shred of garment of rescued princess used as bandage for wound. H118
• Girl rescued by skillful companions: to whom does she belong? H621.2
• Tasks assigned before man may rescue wife from spirit world. H923
• Task assigned before wife may rescue husband from supernatural power. H923.1
• Unpromising hero last to try task (rescue from animal). H991
• Task: freeing king from clutches of magic doll. Will marry rescuer if a girl. H1196
• Before undertaking rescue, bat tests strength by lifting stone. H1562.2.2
• Rescue alone from shipwreck chosen over drowning with goods. J222
• Association of rat with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed. The rat threatened by the weasel and the owl allies himself with a cat caught in a net. Saved by the cat, he rescues the cat with precaution and then prudently renounces further relations with her. J426
• Ungrateful animal returned to captivity. A man rescues a serpent (bear) who in return seeks to kill his rescuer. Fox as judge advises the man to put the serpent back into captivity. J1172.3
• Actual rescuer gets woman. Watchers could never have got her merely by watching. J1179.12
• The rescuers' Sabbath. A Jew, fallen into a pit, refuses to be rescued on Saturday, his Sabbath. The next day he calls for help but the Christians refuse to rescue him on Sunday, their Sabbath. J1613
• Rescuing the moon. A numskull sees the moon in the water and throws a rope in to rescue it, but falls in himself. He sees the moon in the sky. At least the moon was saved! J1791.2
• Thief of deer cuts it up and keeps counting pieces. Rescued by wife. J2136.5.3
• The polite rescuers. Pupils are taught to clap their hands and say "God bless you" when one sneezes. As they are rescuing a drowning man by a rope he sneezes. They all clap their hands and he falls back into the water. J2516.3.2
• Bungling rescuer caught by crab. He tries to rescue woman caught by crab. Is caught himself and found in embarrassing position. J2675
• The dog refuses to help the wolf. A farmer plans to kill a faithful old dog. The wolf makes a plan to save the dog. The latter is to rescue the farmer's child from the wolf. The plan succeeds and the dog is rewarded. The wolf in return wants to steal the farmer's sheep. The dog refuses his assistance. K231.1.3
• Thief as umpire in contest. Three men are quarreling over the possession of a rescued girl. The umpire will give her to the one who soonest returns with the arrow he shoots. While they run, he takes the girl. K342
• Trickster cheats rescuers into digging his well. The well that he has dug falls in. He throws his clothes into the hole and hides. People going to church think that man is drowned and dig the well out. K474
• Escape by falsely reporting approach of rescuers. K545