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== Fairy Tales and Folklore ==
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131017031044/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/twelvedancing/stories/katiecrackernuts.html Katie Crackernuts]" saves an ill prince from [[The Fair Folk]], after getting the promise that she can marry him if she stays with him for three nights. He is instantly agreeable even though he had been too ill to speak with her before.
* The fairy tale type "The Girl Helps the Hero Flee": A hero falls under the villain's power. The heroine, often [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|the villain's daughter]], tells him how to escape the impossible tasks, or performs the magic to allow his escape, and usually both. They invariably intend to marry immediately and do marry in the end.
** "[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/075.htm The Grateful Prince]"
** "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313091106/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/jacobs/celtic/battleofbirds.html The Battle of the Birds]"
** "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130708093355/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/snowfirered.html Snow-White-Fire-Red]"
** "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130621050640/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/mastermaid.html The Mastermaid]"
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* In "[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/009.htm The Blue Mountains]", the hero must suffer a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] for three nights to free the heroine, whereupon she immediately agrees to marry him.
** Also in "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071234/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses of Whiteland]", where they do marry at once.
* In "[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/stories/soriamoriacastle.html Soria Moria Castle]", the three princesses are held prisoner by three trolls and the hero must kill the trolls to rescue them. He gets his pick.
* In some versions of the [[King Arthur]] legend this is the start of Lancelot's and Guinevere's affair. More commonly Lancelot rescues her because of his love for her, but their love isn't consummated till after the rescue.
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