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- Grateful snake spits out lump of gold for his rescuer. B103.4.2.1
- Animal rescuer or retriever. Rescue person or retrieve lost object. B540
- Animal rescuer – miscellaneous. B549
- Animal corrects examination paper for his rescuer. B579.3
- Enchanted person attracts attention of rescuer. D794
- Task: freeing king from clutches of magic doll. Will marry rescuer if a girl. H1196
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Respite from death until victim has blown on a horn (three times). Rescuers come. K551.3
- Rescuer disguised as officer gains custody of prisoner. K649.2
- Disguised king rewards rescuer from robbers. (Cf. K1812.) Q53.1
- All man's property offered to rescuer of stolen daughter. R111.0.1
- Joint rescuers quarrel over rescued princess. R111.7
- Rescued person stolen from rescuer. R111.8
- Rescued woman stolen from rescuer by demon. R111.8.1