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* In "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the PrincessProtagonist is under the power of the servant who took her place and turned her into a goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her tell her story without breaking her promise not to. (GenderFlip version in the Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/stories/maidenpearls.html The Maiden from whose Head Pearls fell on combing herself]]", the heroine is thrown into the sea and is rescued by a fisherman.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/stories/maidenpearls.html The Maiden from whose Head Pearls fell on combing herself]]", the heroine is thrown into the sea and is rescued by a fisherman.
* In "Literature/TheBlueMountains", the hero must suffer a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for three nights to free the heroine.
* In “Literature/TheBuriedMoon”, the [[BadassInDistress Moon Goddess]] finds herself trapped on earth and buried alive by monsters.
* In “Literature/TheBuriedMoon”, the [[BadassInDistress Moon Goddess]] finds herself trapped on earth and buried alive by monsters.
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* In "Literature/TheTwoBrothers", collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", collected by Creator/AndrewLang, the hero [[SaveThePrincess saves the princess]] from the dragon.
* In "Literature/JorindeAndJoringel", Jorinde is turned into a nightingale by a WickedWitch and held captive by her.
* In "Literature/TheBlueMountains", the hero must suffer a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for three nights to free the heroine.
* Also in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses of Whiteland]]".
* 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.
* In "Literature/JorindeAndJoringel", Jorinde is turned into a nightingale by a WickedWitch and held captive by her.
* In "Literature/TheBlueMountains", the hero must suffer a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for three nights to free the heroine.
* Also in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses of Whiteland]]".
* 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.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sleepingbeauty/stories/youngslave.html The Young Slave]]", the heroine is the illegitimate niece of a lord, whose wife finds her in enchanted sleep and, in a [[GreenEyedMonster fit of jealousy]], beats her, knocking loose the comb that had kept her asleep, and turns her into a slave, abusing her so severely she [[DrivenToSuicide thinks of killing herself]]. One day, her uncle hears her lamenting her woes and saves her.
* Similarly in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead]]", where the uncle's wife also burns the poor girl all over with a red-hot iron to make her ugly.
* In "Literature/{{Prunella}}", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
* Similarly in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead]]", where the uncle's wife also burns the poor girl all over with a red-hot iron to make her ugly.
* In "Literature/{{Prunella}}", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sleepingbeauty/stories/youngslave.html The Young Slave]]", "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the heroine PrincessProtagonist is under the illegitimate niece power of a lord, whose wife finds the servant who took her in enchanted sleep and, in a [[GreenEyedMonster fit of jealousy]], beats her, knocking loose the comb that had kept her asleep, place and turns turned her into a slave, abusing goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her so severely she [[DrivenToSuicide thinks of killing herself]]. One day, tell her uncle hears story without breaking her lamenting her woes and saves her.
* Similarlypromise not to. (GenderFlip version in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead]]", where the uncle's wife also burns the poor girl all over with a red-hot iron to make her ugly.
* In "Literature/{{Prunella}}", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
* Similarly
* In "Literature/{{Prunella}}", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
* In "Literature/JorindeAndJoringel", Jorinde is [[ForcedTransformation turned into a bird]] by a WickedWitch and locked away in the witch’s castle. Jorinde’s fiancé Joringel goes on a quest to rescue her, and in the process, the many other bird/maidens that the witch keeps.
* Princess Margaret's WickedStepmother casts a spell that changes the beautiful princess into ''Literature/TheLaidlyWormOfSpindlestonHeugh'', and it is up to Margaret's brother, Childe Wynd, to save her.
* Princess Margaret's WickedStepmother casts a spell that changes the beautiful princess into ''Literature/TheLaidlyWormOfSpindlestonHeugh'', and it is up to Margaret's brother, Childe Wynd, to save her.
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* In ''Literature/SoriaMoriaCastle'', the princesses are captives of trolls.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/stories/maidenpearls.html The Maiden from whose Head Pearls fell on combing herself]]", the heroine is thrown into the sea and is rescued by a fisherman.
* Similarly in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead]]", where the uncle's wife also burns the poor girl all over with a red-hot iron to make her ugly.
* In "Literature/{{Prunella}}", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
* In ''Literature/SoriaMoriaCastle'', the three princesses arecaptives held prisoner by three trolls and the hero must kill the trolls to rescue them.
* Also in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses oftrolls.Whiteland]]".
* Similarly in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead]]", where the uncle's wife also burns the poor girl all over with a red-hot iron to make her ugly.
* In "Literature/{{Prunella}}", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
* In ''Literature/SoriaMoriaCastle'', the three princesses are
* Also in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses of
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* In “Literature/TheBuriedMoon”, the [[BadassInDistress Moon Goddess]] finds herself trapped on earth and buried alive by monsters.
* In “Literature/JorindeAndJoringel”, Jorinde is [[ForcedTransformation turned into a bird]] by a WickedWitch and locked away in the witch’s castle. Jorinde’s fiancé Joringel goes on a quest to rescue her, and in the process, the many other bird/maidens that the witch keeps.
* In “Literature/JorindeAndJoringel”, Jorinde is [[ForcedTransformation turned into a bird]] by a WickedWitch and locked away in the witch’s castle. Jorinde’s fiancé Joringel goes on a quest to rescue her, and in the process, the many other bird/maidens that the witch keeps.
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* In “Literature/TheBuriedMoon”, "Literature/TheTwoBrothers", collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", collected by Creator/AndrewLang, the [[BadassInDistress Moon Goddess]] finds herself trapped on earth and buried alive by monsters.
* In “Literature/JorindeAndJoringel”, Jorinde is [[ForcedTransformation turned into a bird]] by a WickedWitch and locked away inhero [[SaveThePrincess saves the witch’s castle. Jorinde’s fiancé Joringel goes on a quest to rescue her, and in princess]] from the process, the many other bird/maidens that the witch keeps.dragon.
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* Princess Margaret's WickedStepmother casts In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sleepingbeauty/stories/youngslave.html The Young Slave]]", the heroine is the illegitimate niece of a spell lord, whose wife finds her in enchanted sleep and, in a [[GreenEyedMonster fit of jealousy]], beats her, knocking loose the comb that changes the beautiful princess had kept her asleep, and turns her into Literature/TheLaidlyWormOfSpindlestonHeugh, a slave, abusing her so severely she [[DrivenToSuicide thinks of killing herself]]. One day, her uncle hears her lamenting her woes and it is up to Margaret's brother, Childe Wynd, to save her.saves her.
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* In “Literature/JorindeAndJoringel”, Jorinde is [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation turned into a bird]] by a WickedWitch and locked away in the witch’s castle. Jorinde’s fiancé Joringel goes on a quest to rescue her, and in the process, the many other bird/maidens that the witch keeps.
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* "The Yellow Dwarf" has Princess Toutebelle, who gets kidnapped by the titular dwarf on the day she was to marry the King of the Gold Mines. The King tries to rescue her, but the dwarf kills him, and she [[DeathByDespair dies of a broken heart]].
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* "The Yellow Dwarf" "Literature/TheYellowDwarf" has Princess Toutebelle, who gets kidnapped by the titular dwarf on the day she was to marry the King of the Gold Mines. The King tries to rescue her, but the dwarf kills him, and she [[DeathByDespair dies of a broken heart]].
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* Princess Margaret's WickedStepmother casts a spell that changes the beautiful princess into Literature/TheLaidlyWormOfSpindlestonHeugh, and it is up to Margaret's brother, Childe Wynd, to save her.
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* In "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] is under the power of the servant who took her place and turned her into a goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her tell her story without breaking her promise not to. (GenderFlip version in the Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
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* In "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] PrincessProtagonist is under the power of the servant who took her place and turned her into a goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her tell her story without breaking her promise not to. (GenderFlip version in the Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
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* In "Literature/TheTwoBrothers", collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", collected by Creator/AndrewLang, the hero saves the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] from the dragon.
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* In "Literature/TheTwoBrothers", collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", collected by Creator/AndrewLang, the hero [[SaveThePrincess saves the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] from the dragon.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/69jorinde.html Jorinde and Joringel]]", Jorinde is turned into a nightingale by a WickedWitch and held captive by her.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/69jorinde.html Jorinde and Joringel]]", "Literature/JorindeAndJoringel", Jorinde is turned into a nightingale by a WickedWitch and held captive by her.
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* In “Literature/TheBuriedMoon”, the [[BadassInDistress Moon Goddess]] finds herself trapped on earth and buried alive by monsters.
* In “Literature/JorindeAndJoringel”, Jorinde is [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a bird]] by a WickedWitch and locked away in the witch’s castle. Jorinde’s fiancé Joringel goes on a quest to rescue her, and in the process, the many other bird/maidens that the witch keeps.
* In “Literature/JorindeAndJoringel”, Jorinde is [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a bird]] by a WickedWitch and locked away in the witch’s castle. Jorinde’s fiancé Joringel goes on a quest to rescue her, and in the process, the many other bird/maidens that the witch keeps.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/60twobrothers.html The Two Brothers]]" and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", the hero saves the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] from the dragon.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/60twobrothers.html The Two Brothers]]" "Literature/TheTwoBrothers", collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", collected by Creator/AndrewLang, the hero saves the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] from the dragon.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/69jorinde.html Jorinde and Joringel]]", Jorinde is turned into a nightingale by a WickedWitch and held captive by her.
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* In "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] is under the power of the servant who took her place and turned her into a goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her tell her story without breaking her promise not to. (GenderFlip version in the ChildBallad "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
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* In "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] is under the power of the servant who took her place and turned her into a goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her tell her story without breaking her promise not to. (GenderFlip version in the ChildBallad Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/prunella.html Prunella]]", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
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* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/prunella.html Prunella]]", "Literature/{{Prunella}}", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
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* In ''Literature/TsarevichPetrAndTheWizard'', the hero's MissingMom. Also the three princesses he meets while searching for her.
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* In ''Literature/SoriaMoriaCastle'', the princesses are captives of trolls.
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* Stories like "Literature/SleepingBeauty", "Literature/{{Bluebeard}}", "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}", "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood" and "Literature/SnowWhite" are often this, because the heroines are actually not in a position to do anything when their rescuers arrive... other than stay in their comatose state. Even though the POV is theirs and not the PrinceCharming's, the role is the same.
** "Rapunzel" is actually an inversion - the prince does not rescue Rapunzel, he just gets her pregnant, and later on it is her tears that cure his blindness. Also in "Little Red Riding Hood" the eponymous character is too young and the grandmother too old to be really considered a damsel in distress and that the story originally ended unhappily, getting two endings tacked on later (first the wolf being killed by the passing huntsman, later the cutting-open and revelation that the Little Red Riding Hood and granny had survived).
* In "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] is under the power of the servant who took her place and turned her into a goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her tell her story without breaking her promise not to. (GenderFlip version in the ChildBallad "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/stories/maidenpearls.html The Maiden from whose Head Pearls fell on combing herself]]", the heroine is thrown into the sea and is rescued by a fisherman.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/armlessmaiden/stories/biancabella.html Biancabella and the Snake]]", Biancabella has [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence her hands cut off and her eyes gouged out]], and is driven into exile from her husband. The snake, being her friend, restores her eyes, hands, and ultimately her place.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/babayaga/tales/koshcheideathless.html The Death of Koshchei the Deathless]]", Marya Morevna is carried off by Koshchei the Deathless, and Prince Ivan must rescue her.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/babayaga/tales/frogtsarevna.html The Frog-Tsarevna]]", after Prince Ivan stupidly burns his wife's frog skin, she is in the power of Baba Yaga and he must go on TheQuest to rescue her.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/60twobrothers.html The Two Brothers]]" and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", the hero saves the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] from the dragon.
* In "Literature/TheBlueMountains", the hero must suffer a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for three nights to free the heroine.
* Also in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses of Whiteland]]".
* 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.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/stories/serbian.html The Golden Apple Tree and the Nine Peahens]]", a dragon carries off the queen and her husband must rescue her.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sleepingbeauty/stories/youngslave.html The Young Slave]]", the heroine is the illegitimate niece of a lord, whose wife finds her in enchanted sleep and, in a [[GreenEyedMonster fit of jealousy]], beats her, knocking loose the comb that had kept her asleep, and turns her into a slave, abusing her so severely she [[DrivenToSuicide thinks of killing herself]]. One day, her uncle hears her lamenting her woes and saves her.
* Similarly in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead]]", where the uncle's wife also burns the poor girl all over with a red-hot iron to make her ugly.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/prunella.html Prunella]]", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
* In "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/075.htm The Grateful Prince]]", the king {{promise}}s his baby to an ogre, and so takes a peasant girl and leaves his son with peasants. The ogre takes the girl and leaves, but the boy, on growing up, decides he can't possibly live on such a sacrifice and goes to rescue her.
* In ''Literature/TheLoveOfThreeOranges'', the heroine is transformed into a bird.
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** "Rapunzel" is actually an inversion - the prince does not rescue Rapunzel, he just gets her pregnant, and later on it is her tears that cure his blindness. Also in "Little Red Riding Hood" the eponymous character is too young and the grandmother too old to be really considered a damsel in distress and that the story originally ended unhappily, getting two endings tacked on later (first the wolf being killed by the passing huntsman, later the cutting-open and revelation that the Little Red Riding Hood and granny had survived).
* In "Literature/TheGooseGirl", the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] is under the power of the servant who took her place and turned her into a goose-girl until the king figures out a way to get her tell her story without breaking her promise not to. (GenderFlip version in the ChildBallad "Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward", Child #271)
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/stories/maidenpearls.html The Maiden from whose Head Pearls fell on combing herself]]", the heroine is thrown into the sea and is rescued by a fisherman.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/armlessmaiden/stories/biancabella.html Biancabella and the Snake]]", Biancabella has [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence her hands cut off and her eyes gouged out]], and is driven into exile from her husband. The snake, being her friend, restores her eyes, hands, and ultimately her place.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/babayaga/tales/koshcheideathless.html The Death of Koshchei the Deathless]]", Marya Morevna is carried off by Koshchei the Deathless, and Prince Ivan must rescue her.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/babayaga/tales/frogtsarevna.html The Frog-Tsarevna]]", after Prince Ivan stupidly burns his wife's frog skin, she is in the power of Baba Yaga and he must go on TheQuest to rescue her.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/60twobrothers.html The Two Brothers]]" and "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/079.htm The Three Princes and their Beasts]]", the hero saves the [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] from the dragon.
* In "Literature/TheBlueMountains", the hero must suffer a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for three nights to free the heroine.
* Also in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses of Whiteland]]".
* 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.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/stories/serbian.html The Golden Apple Tree and the Nine Peahens]]", a dragon carries off the queen and her husband must rescue her.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sleepingbeauty/stories/youngslave.html The Young Slave]]", the heroine is the illegitimate niece of a lord, whose wife finds her in enchanted sleep and, in a [[GreenEyedMonster fit of jealousy]], beats her, knocking loose the comb that had kept her asleep, and turns her into a slave, abusing her so severely she [[DrivenToSuicide thinks of killing herself]]. One day, her uncle hears her lamenting her woes and saves her.
* Similarly in "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead]]", where the uncle's wife also burns the poor girl all over with a red-hot iron to make her ugly.
* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/prunella.html Prunella]]", Prunella is a WickedWitch's prisoner and she assigns {{Impossible Task}}s; only with the help of the witch's son does she survive.
* In "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/075.htm The Grateful Prince]]", the king {{promise}}s his baby to an ogre, and so takes a peasant girl and leaves his son with peasants. The ogre takes the girl and leaves, but the boy, on growing up, decides he can't possibly live on such a sacrifice and goes to rescue her.
* In ''Literature/TheLoveOfThreeOranges'', the heroine is transformed into a bird.
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