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The various elements of The Ransomed Woman fare better: the act of treachery done the hero is the only one lacking, and that perhaps is replaced by his imprisonment in the Sultan’s castle.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

Nineteen variants have The Grateful Dead and The Ransomed Woman combined in a comparatively simple form without admixture with related themes.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

Sometime before the fourteenth century44 The Water of Life, perhaps in a rather peculiar form, came into contact with The Grateful Dead, both simple and combined with The Ransomed Woman,45 in eastern or central Europe.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

The most notable compounds into which it has entered are those with The Poison Maiden, The Ransomed Woman, and certain types connected with The Water of Life.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

"Then thy cry of agony: 'Earth is all one grave to me,' Echoing shall come back to thee In a chant of victory, Echoed from the crystal sea, From the living victors free, Ransomed everlastingly."

From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle