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Group No. 209


Letter

R. Captive and fugitives

Group No.

R0 – R99

Group name

Captivity

Description

R0. Captivity.
 
R1. Wild man captured and tamed. *Dickson 116 n. 44, 122; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 319 n. 152.
 
R2. God holds the devil captive for three years. Dh. I 184.
 
R3. King imprisons another king‘s embassy. Thien Motive 10.
 
R4. Surprise capture. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R4.1. Enemy surprised while bathing: taken. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R5. Capture on field of battle. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R5.1. Enemy host imprisoned by earthen walls thrown up by hero’s chariot wheels. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R5.2. Hero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R6. Messenger of Death imprisoned. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R7. Men held captive in the Land of Women. (Cf. F112.) India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R8. Gods captured. India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R9. Captivity – miscellaneous.
 
R9.1. Sun captured.
 
R9.1.1. Sun captured during visit to earth. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R9.1.2. Sun and Moon captured by creditor, thus causing eclipse. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R9.1.3. Sun and Moon imprison each other. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R9.2. Grain and pulse in human form imprisoned by wicked king. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R9.3. Ogress captured and reformed. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R9.4. Fire-maiden imprisoned in iron house. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R9.5. Cow imprisoned until it promises not to eat men. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R9.6. King imprisons all living creatures. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R10. Abduction. **Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København, 1910), Nissens Historie; **Hdwb. d. Märchens I 541ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 86, (Zuñi): Benedict II 334.
 
R10.1. Princess (maiden) abducted. (Cf. R11.1, R12.1, R13.1, R16.1, R17.1, R25.1, R31.) *Types 301, 302, 311, 312; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 553b nn. 296 – 315; Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København 1910). – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “princesse”; Spanish: Espinosa II No. 133 – 135; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Grote I 156; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Indonesia: DeVries‘s list No. 220.
 
R10.1.1. Maiden abducted by soldiers. Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
 
R10.1.2. Lover abducts maiden from cruel father and brother. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
 
R10.2. Pretended abduction. Adulterous wife plots own abduction by paramour. Irish myth: Cross.
 
R10.3. Children abducted. Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R10.4. Hero abducted by witch who loves him. Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R10.4.1. Abduction of bridegroom and killing of his bride planned as giantess’s revenge. Icelandic: Lagerholm 56 – 58, Boberg.
 
R11. Abduction by monster (ogre). (Cf. G440.) **Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København, 1910); Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 133 – 135, III Nos. 141f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 129, 1060; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 39.
 
R11.1. Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) *Types 301, 302, 311, 312; *BP I 398, 404, II 301, 317, III 434; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 544b, 547a nn. 60 – 79, 140 – 174; *Fb “brud” IV 64b. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 221 No. 98; Japanese: Dixon 215 n. 17; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 167; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 341f. nn. 228, 228a, 231, 235.
 
R11.1.1. Abduction of girl by half bestial man (hair on body, nails of dog). India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R11.2. Abduction by devil.
 
R11.2.1. Devil carries off wicked people. Scala Celi 6b, 43a, 54b, 77b Nos. 39, 246, 306, 441; Fb “fanden” I 267a; Irish: O‘Suilleabhain 55, Beal XXI 322; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 13 Nos. 116, 118; Spanish Exempla: Keller; West Indies: Flowers 571.
 
R11.2.1.1. Devil carries off emperor because of his many murders. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
 
R11.2.2. Abduction by demon. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 507, 1053; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1386).
 
R11.2.2.1. Abduction by Echo. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R11.3. Abduction by giant. (Cf. F531, G100.) English romance: Malory V 5; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 166 No. 72; N. A. Indian (Zuñi): Benedict II 334.
 
R12. Abduction by pirates.
 
R12.1. Maiden abducted by pirates (robbers). (Cf. R10.1.) *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 465; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 981.
 
R12.2. Man abducted by pirates. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
 
R12.2.1. Child abducted by robbers and brought up in their ways. Later becomes wealthy and law-abiding. Irish myth: Cross.
 
R12.3. Lovers abducted by pirates. Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
 
R12.4. Girl enticed into boat and abducted. India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R13. Abduction by animal. Chinese: Graham.
 
B11.6.8. Dragon flies to its nest with human being.
 
R13.0.1. Children carried off by animals. *Hibbard 270 n. 10, 276; Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R13.1. Abduction by wild beast.
 
R13.1.1. Baboons abduct boy. Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 42.
 
R13.1.2. Lion carries off child. Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
 
R13.1.3. Rhinoceros carries off man. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.4. Abduction by tiger.
 
R13.1.4.1. Tiger abducts man. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.4.2. Abduction of woman by tiger. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 142.
 
R13.1.4.2.1. Tigers abduct princess to be wife of their human ward. India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.5. Wolf abducts person. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R13.1.6. Girl abducted by bear and made his wife. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.7. Abduction by monkey.
 
R13.1.7.1. Girl carried off by monkeys. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.8. Abduction by rabbit. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.9. Abduction by leopard. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.10. Abduction by elephant. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.1.11. Abduction by fox. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.2. Abduction by domestic beast.
 
R13.2.1. Girl carried off by ram. (Cf. R10.1.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “bélier”.
 
R13.2.2. Bull carries off devil after he has tried to deceive God. (Cf. A60.) Dh I 35.
 
R13.2.3. Abduction by cat. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R13.2.3.1. Abduction by goddess‘s cat. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R13.3. Person carried off by bird. German: Grimm No. 51; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 183, 201; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 79; Africa (Yoruba): Frobenius Atlantis X 222ff. No. 14.
 
R13.3.1. Abduction by ravens. Irish myth: Cross.
 
R13.3.2. Eagle carries off youth. Greek: Fox 240 (Ganymede); Japanese: Ikeda.
 
R13.4. Abduction by reptile.
 
R13.4.1. Abduction by snake. India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R14. Deity (demigod) abducts person. Greek: Grote I 35, 83, 261; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 183.
 
R16. Abduction by transformed person.
 
R16.1. Maiden abducted by transformed hero. (Cf. D658, D2121.7, R10.1.) *Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 112; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 57 No. 425.
 
R16.2. Child carried off by werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.1.) Hibbard 216.
 
R16.3. Woman abducted by (transformed) fairy. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R16.4. Abduction by tiger-man. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R16.5. Abduction by elephant-man. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R17. Abduction by whirlwind. (Cf. D1520.28.) Hartland Science 175; Icelandic: Boberg; Japanese: Ikeda; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 160 No. 23.
 
R17.1. Whirlwind carries princess away. (Cf. R10.1.) *Fb “hvirvelvind” I 708.
 
R18. Abduction by rejected suitor. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R22. Abduction by giving soporific. Irish myth: Cross.
 
R22.1. Abduction by giving soporific and rolling up in a cloak. *Chauvin V 23 No. 13 n. 2.
 
R22.2. Abduction by means of sleep-giving music. Irish myth: Cross.
 
R23. Abduction with aid of magic mask which renders invisible. (Cf. D1361.32.) Irish myth: Cross.
 
R24. Abductor in disguise. (Cf. K1310.) India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R24.1. Prince disguised as holy man abducts princess. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R24.2. Princely suitor in minstrel disguise carries princess away. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R25. Abduction through underground passage.
 
R25.1. Princess abducted through underground passage. (Cf. R10.1.) *Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 102; BP I 46ff.; Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R31. Light extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 343 n. 237.
 
R32. Abduction by stealing clothes of bathers. Africa (Cameroon): Lederbogen Märchen II 122f. No. 9.
 
R33. Fairy physician abducted to heal wounded mortals. (Cf. F344.) Irish myth: Cross.
 
R35. Abducted princess gives birth to child. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R39. Abduction – miscellaneous.
 
R39.1. Abduction by magician. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R39.2. Abduction by old woman. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R40. Places of captivity. Missouri French: Carrière.
 
R41. Captivity in tower (castle, prison).
 
R41.1. Captivity in castle. *Type 400; English: Wells 66 (Ywain and Gawain); Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R41.1.1. Captivity in subterranean palace. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R41.2. Captivity in tower. *Type 310; Dickson 198 n. 8; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 1, IV No. 6, Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R41.2.1. Slandered wife is locked in tower for forty days. If no champion appears, she is to be burned. Former suitor rescues her. Spanish: Childers.
 
R41.2.2. Captivity in bower. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R41.3. Captivity in dungeon. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 22 (Sir Beues of Hamtoun); Jewish: Neuman.
 
R41.3.1. Prison filled with snakes. (Cf. Q465.1.) *Boje 92; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 436b nn. 183 – 198; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R41.3.2. Prison with stream of water in it. Boje 93.
 
R41.3.3. Prison floor with spikes in it. Boje 91ff.
 
R41.3.4. Captivity in well. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R41.4. Groom as prisoner in his and giantess‘s bridal chamber. (Cf. R41.5.) Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R41.5. Abducted princess fettered in hall with 100 doors. Bridal bed for her and giant in the midst. (Cf. R111.2.3.) Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R41.5.1. Queen kept in palace of forty doors, each of them watched by a dog. Africa (Dahome): Einstein 25.
 
R41.6. Captivity in a pillar. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
 
R41.7. Captivity in cages. (Cf. Q433.1.) Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R42. Captivity in sunken valley. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R43. Captivity on island. Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R45. Captivity in mound (cave, hollow hill). *Type 870; *BP III 443ff., 450; *Fb “höj” I 740b, 741; **Liungman Traditionsstudie över sagan om prinsessan i jordkulan (Göteborg, 1925). – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 54 No. 405*A; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham.
 
R45.1. Man confined under roots of tree. N. A. Indian (Seneca): CurtinHewitt RBAE XXXII 705 No. 135.
 
R45.2. Imprisonment in lion’s den. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 5; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R45.3. Captivity in cave.
 
R45.3.1. Bear keeps human wife captive in cave with stone at entrance. India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R46. Captivity under water. India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R47. Captivity in lower world. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R49. Other places of captivity.
 
R49.1. Captivity in tree. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R49.2. Captivity in an oven. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
 
R49.3. Ogre seizes girl and puts her in a drum. Africa (Luba): DeClerq ZsKS IV 225.
 
R50. Conditions of captivity.
 
R51. Mistreatment of prisoners. Irish myth: Cross.
 
R51.1. Prisoners starved. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R51.2. Prisoners confined in chains. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R51.3. Prisoners mutilated. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R51.4. Prisoner massacred. Jewish: Neuman.
 
R53. Captivity as refuge for the captive. Type 870.
 
R53.1. Woman hidden in underground chamber or mud cabin. (Cf. R45.) Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R53.2. Woman hidden in sacred place which her lover is not supposed to dare to enter. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R53.3. Girl locked up in order to postpone wedding. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrólfs saga 306.
 
R53.4. Faithful servant locks his master and his friend up in a little house built from wood from their wrecked ships; they falsely think themselves betrayed. Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R54. Hero locked up while his father is murdered. Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R61. Person sold into slavery. *Types 506, 888; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Fang): Einstein 151.
 
R70. Behavior of captives. Irish myth: *Cross.
 
R71. Captive prince joins captor out of gratitude for his freedom. (He had refused to promise that he would not fight again.) (Cf. W27.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
 
R72. Defiant prisoners refuse to accept grace even from their father unless it is granted them all. (Cf. M165.) Hdwb. d. Märchens II “Gnade ausbitten”; Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R74. Defeated warriors go into the conqueror‘s service. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R74.1. Defeated enemy turns conqueror‘s best friend. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R74.2. Defeated enemy’s son turns conqueror‘s man. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R74.3. Defeated enemy holds rank and country when he promises to pay tax to conqueror. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R74.3.1. Imprisoned king’s son released when he promises to be a faithful subject and pay tax. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R75. Surrendering.
 
R75.1. Defeated surrender their city. Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
R75.2. Warriors surrender after chief‘s death. Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R75.2.1. Warriors flee after chief’s death. Icelandic: Boberg.
 
R81. Woman suckles imprisoned relative through prison wall. **Köhler-Bolte I 373, II 387; *Fb “datter” IV 94b; *DeCock Studien en Essays 23ff.; *Crane Vitry 232f. No. 238; *Oesterley No. 215; Herbert III 220; Alphabet No. 166; Scala Celi 39a No. 220; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 28. – Spanish: Keller, Espinosa II No. 17; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R81.1. Woman suckles husband isolated on rock. Irish myth: Cross.
 
R82. Captive sends secret message outside (in orange or on handkerchief). India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
R83. Baker, disguised as old woman, substitutes for princess in cell when he brings bread to her. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
R84. Prisoner‘s sustenance from outside prison. (Cf. R81.) Jewish: *Neuman.
 
R85. Captive protected by angel from abductor. Jewish: *Neuman.

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