Motif
Kin betrayal followed by supernatural rescue
kin_betrayal_followed_by_supernatural_rescue
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 690-804 confidence: high
The narrator grows to love his wife; his jealous brothers plot against his life and throw both spouses into the sea while they sleep; the wife, being a fairy, saves him from drowning and transports him to an island.
The brothers throw the narrator and his wife into the sea; the fairy wife prevents him from drowning and transports him to an island.
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