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- Dead grateful for having corpse ransomed. Corpse is being held unburied because of nonpayment of debts. Hero pays debt and secures burial of corpse. E341.1
- God as surety; the abbot pays. A young man is ransomed by giving God as surety for the ransom money. He fails to return as agreed. The creditor sees a wealthy abbot, who says that he is a servant of God. He robs the abbot and when the young man finally appears he tells the latter than the debt is already paid by God's servant. J1559.2
- 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
- Princess ransomed from slavery. (Cf. R61.) R111.1.6
- Lovers ransomed from prison. R121.7