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- Animal carries man through air to safety. B542
- Bird flies with man to safety. B542.1
- Eagle carries man to safety. B542.1.1
- Horses carry lost riders to safety. B563.1.1
- Transformation to eagle to carry hero to safety. D659.4.3
- Fugitive transforms self to stone. Thrown to safety by pursuer. D671.0.1
- Magic dice give warning. Tell their master, a thief, when to seek safety (Cf. D1284.) D1317.8
- Charm gives safety on journey. (Cf. D1273.) D1384.3
- Dream tells of safety of absent person who has been in danger. D1810.8.2.4
- Captive sends token of safety. H85
- Town mouse and country mouse. Latter prefers poverty with safety. J211.2
- Choice: plainness with safety or grandeur with danger. J212
- Old woman prays for safety of cruel tyrant for fear a worse one will succeed him. J215.2.1
- Priest sells his donkey because worry for its safety distracts him from prayer. J357
- Animal allows himself to be tied to another for safety. Carried to his death. (Cf. J2132.6.) K713.1.2
- Man umpires dispute in exchange for guarantee of safety. Disputants, bear and tiger, agree not to eat him. M222
- Safety in shadow of wall. After many misfortunes the man is apparently safe. The wall falls on him. N253
- Father kills self believing that son is dead. The son forgets to spread white sails, the prearranged signal of his safety. (Told also of lovers.) N344
- Prince imprisoned as hostage for safety from king. P34
- Man sets dogs onto bear after bear has carried him home to safety. W154.25