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== Mythology and Religion ==

* The reference to the Sabine women (and the [[Truth in Television|ancient accepted practice of bride-kidnapping]] among conquering civilizations) makes this [[Older Than Feudalism]]. In the Roman story, Romulus realized that the band of settlers on the hills of Rome was awful short on women, so he took it upon himself to invite the nearby Sabine people to a big festival (according to most myths, a footrace). At his signal, each Roman picked a Sabine woman and ran off with her. In general, they turned out to be OK with it eventually. By the time the war with the Sabines ,and the other nations who had been defeated by this point, had reached the Capitoline, the warring fathers were now grandfathers. The fighting finally ended in the marsh between the Capitoline and Palatine Hills, where the daughters rushed out with children and begged for them to stop.

** It's worth noting that while it's best known as [[Names to Run Away From|The Rape of the Sabine Women]], this is an example of this trope but *not* [[Victim Falls For Rapist]], as the original meaning of the term "Rape" was this rather than [[Moral Event Horizon|it's more modern one]], and most of the accounts indicate no sexual violence occured.

** It's worth noting that while it's best known as [[Names to Run Away From|The Rape of the Sabine Women]], this is an example of this trope but ''not'' [[Victim Falls For Rapist]], as the original meaning of the term "Rape" was this rather than [[Moral Event Horizon|it's more modern one]], and most of the accounts indicate no sexual violence occured.

* In the [[The Bible|Biblical Old Testament]], Judges 21:10-24, men from the tribe of Benjamen find themselves with no women to marry, so they abduct women from Shiloh to be their wives. When the fathers and brothers of the kidnapped women come to retrieve the women, the Israelites ask for permission to keep them, "...for we didn't find enough wives for them [the Benjaminites] when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead." No word though on whether the captive women ever warmed up to their captors at all.

** Earlier, the Bible had Shechem kidnap, rape, and decide to marry Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. Her brothers agreed to the marriage if Shechem and all his countrymen agreed to be circumcised. Three days after the countrymen comply, her brothers turn out [[Kill'Em All|not to like this trope very much]].