79 motifs match “saved”  ·  back to the chapters

• Faithful lion follows man who saved him. B301.8
• Llewellyn and his dog. Dog has saved child from serpent. Father sees bloody mouth, thinks the dog has eaten the child, and kills the dog. B331.2
• Woman slays faithful mongoose which has saved her child. "A Classical Indian Folk-Tale as a Reported Modern Event: The Brahman and the Mongoose" B331.2.1
• Bird grateful for being saved from attacking serpent. B364.4
• Hero saved from ravaging snake by crab companion. [Inadvertant duplication of B549.5.] B524.1.12
• Girl saved by lion from ravishment. (Cf. B443.) B549.1
• Hero saved from ravaging snake by crab companion. [Inadvertant duplication of B524.1.12.] B549.5
• Birds show man treasure. Doves saved by monk from death show him where to dig for treasure. B562.1.3
• Corpse magically saved from corruption. (Cf. V52.14.) D2167
• Food magically saved from corruption. D2167.1
• Book magically saved from decay. D2167.2
• The Dead Rider (Lenore). Dead lover returns and takes sweetheart with him on horseback. She is sometimes saved at the grave by the crowing of the cock, though the experience is usually fatal. E215
• Saved soul leaps from body on hearing heavenly music. (Cf. E754.) E722.2.5
• Saved souls. E754
• Condemned soul saved by prayer. E754.1.1
• Condemned soul saved by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V250.) E754.1.2
• Condemned soul saved by penance. (Cf. Q520.) E754.1.3
• Condemned soul saved by holy person. E754.1.4
• Saved soul goes to heaven. E754.2
• Saved soul of woman assists her husband's soul in battle against demons. (Cf. E754.) E756.5
• Stolen woman saved from trolls' dance. (Cf. F322.2.) F455.6.6.1
• Girl wooed by devil is saved by magic herb she wears. (Cf. D1386.2.) G303.12.5.6
• Person saved from devil by prayer to Virgin. G303.16.2.2
• Knight saved from devil by friends. G303.16.19.8
• Child in cradle guesses devil's riddle: all are saved. H543.2
• Wizard (druid) burned, saint saved in test of power of Christianity. H1573.3.4
• Army saved from ambush by observation of birds' movements. Birds fly from part of woods in which ambushed men lie. J53
• The widow's meal. King upbraids wind for blowing away a poor widow's last cup of meal. Finds that the wind has saved a ship full of people by that very act. The king is humbled. J355.1
• 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
• Improvident mouse eats grain stored for famine. Loss is discovered and grain placed elsewhere. Mouse, who has saved nothing, starves. J711.2
• Fox asking for favor set on by dogs. Thankful to have saved life. J871.1
• One ear saved for other litigant. Judge stops up one ear while first litigant presents his case. He is saving one ear for the second litigant. J1289.8
• 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
• Man saved from well by rope. Disastrous attempt to save him from tree in same way. J2434
• Sleeping persons covered with oxhide and so saved. K515.3
• Monkey saved from trap by feigning marriage. K579.4
• Paramour unwittingly drinks sleeping potion. Is thought dead and placed in a chest. Chest is stolen. When he escapes he is accused of being a robber. He is saved by his mistress's maid who explains all, transferring the role played by her mistress to herself. K675.1
• Ammunition saved till enemy has used his. K2378.4
• Scorning stops when it turns out that the scorned has saved the king by fighting alone against four. L154
• Man promises to build church if he is saved at sea. M266
• Prophecy: great numbers (three) to be saved through virtue of saint. M364.3.2
• Luck or intelligence? Dispute as to which is the more powerful. Man with intelligence remains poor (is brought into court). Saved by mere luck. N141
• Careful builder outside when storm comes is killed; careless builder saved. N174
• Fugitive woman burdened with child saved; childless woman killed. N185
• Wrecked man saved on coffer of jewels; becomes rich. N226
• Life saved by accident. N650
• Life saved by accident – miscellaneous. N659
• Wife chooses father rather than husband or son. (Cf. P253.3.) Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable. P211.1
• Brother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable. P253.3
• Guest given refuge. Murderer of a man's father takes refuge in his house and is saved by him. P322
• Reward for faith: boy doomed to die saved (miraculously). Q27
• Lot and family rewarded by being saved from destruction of city. (Cf. Q152.) Q150.1.1
• Hospitable person saved from death. (Cf. Q45.1.) Q151.3
• Humble man miraculously saved from drowning. (Cf. Q4.) Q151.5
• Man saved from lions as reward. Q151.11
• City saved from disaster as reward. Q152
• Woman saved from being burned as punishment for killing impudent suitor. Q414.0.12.1
• Skull of suicide must roll in dust until it has saved a life. Man uses the skull to kill an owl that was about to kill a rabbit; thus after 777 years of rolling it has saved a life and is freed. (Cf. Q211.5.) Q503.1
• Innocently hanged person saved by saint. R165.2
• Boy saved by werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.1.) R169.3
• Youth saved from death sentence by father's friend. R169.6
• Executioner miraculously blinded: condemned man saved. R176
• Infant condemned to death saved by a smile. S350.1
• Virginity saved in spite of torture. Undesired suitors give up task. T320.1.1
• Girl's virginity saved by the kindness of an emissary. Makes the lord believe she is a relative. T324
• Anchorite saved by a miracle. When he is about to give in to temptation a dove flies out of his mouth. On repenting the dove re-enters his mouth. T331.5
• Queen delivered of a piece of flesh; abandoned and saved, it gradually separates into forms of boy and girl. T569.1
• Abandoned child saved by seagulls; milk furnished by doe; angel brings bell as drinking utensil. T611.7
• Man saved from lechery through prayer. V52.1
• Mariners saved from maelstrom through prayer. V52.6
• Ship in storm saved because of sailors' "Ave Maria". (Cf. D2141.1.) V254.2
• Temple about to be taken over by pagans saved by appearance of a Sign of the Cross (image of the Virgin). V344
• Jewish child resurrected (saved by power of Virgin Mary) after being burned to ashes for eating consecrated bread in Christian church. V363.1
• Clerical virtue of absolute faith. Man captured by robbers is so confident that God will protect him that he is saved. V461.7
• His faith into the balance. A clerk sees his good and evil deeds being weighed. He asks them to throw his faith in Christ (the Virgin) into the scale. He is saved. V512.1
• The only king ever saved in spite of himself. V523
• Sinner who thinks of God saved; devotee who thinks of worldly things goes to hell. V525
• Man saved through intercession of enemy. W11.5.7
• Man ungrateful for life saved because rescuer helped others also. W154.18