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Group No. 158


Letter

R. Captive and fugitives

Group No.

R0 – R99

Group name

Captivity

Description

R5. Capture on field of battle. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
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.
 
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.
 
R41.7. Captivity in cages. (Cf. Q433.1.) Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; Jewish: Neuman.
 
R45.2. Imprisonment in lion’s den. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 5; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman.
 
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.
 
R61. Person sold into slavery. *Types 506, 888; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Fang): Einstein 151.
 
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.
 
R84. Prisoner‘s sustenance from outside prison. (Cf. R81.) Jewish: *Neuman.
 
R85. Captive protected by angel from abductor. Jewish: *Neuman.

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