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Motifs — first 20 of 45
- Fettered monster's captivity. A1074
- Crab sings about his captivity. B214.1.8.1
- Animal grateful for ransom from captivity. B366
- Transformation to escape from captivity. D642.1
- Otherworld (fairyland) as place of sorrowful captivity. F165.6.1
- Ogre in animal form lures victim into captivity. G403
- Wild man released from captivity aids hero. G671
- Captivity preferred to death. J217
- Death preferred to captivity. J227.1
- 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
- Pope escapes captivity and death by dressing in full regalia and overawing captor. K546
- Escape from threatened captivity by pretending to send for object for captor. K551.25
- The three teachings of the bird (fox). In return for release from captivity the bird (fox) gives the man three teachings. These usually mock the man for his foolishness in releasing what he has. (See for these counsels: J21.12, J21.13, J21.14.) K604
- Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness. K710
- Daw fleeing from captivity caught in trees by thread around foot. Starves. N255.5
- Brothers fall dead at sight of long lost brother whom they sold into captivity. (Cf. N733.) N384.13
- Man who divides his food with beggar is later freed from captivity by him. Q42.1.2
- Captivity. R0
- Captivity – miscellaneous. R9
- Places of captivity. R40