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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.
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* 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.
** Back in [[Chrétien de Troyes|Chretien]] it's done one better, with implications that Guinevere is playing Maleagant with full knowledge Lancelot will save her, knowing that this gives him a right to her (in a narrative sense, if not a legal one).
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