Abandonment on the Island

"Abandonment on the Island" is a folklore motif that appears around the world.Unknown. (1972). "Abandonment on the island", in Leach, M. (ed) Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. 3rd ed. pp.3
== Basic Features ==
* Person is abandoned on an island
* Abandoned person outwits their abandoner to escape
== Examples ==
* The Marooned Egghunter - Ojibwa story about how Wemicus sent his son-in-law to a rocky island to search for gulls' eggs, in an attempt to get him killed. Once his son-in-law was ashore, Wemicus took his canoe, stranding him. The son-in-law got as many eggs as he could fill his shirt with, took some wings from a gull, and flew home, arriving before Wemicus. 
* Finnish and Russian stories (belonging to the Stupid Ogre motif), where an ogre abandons a hero on an island. The hero then dresses up as an ogre, and the ogre then rescues their fellow "ogre". 
* Norwegian stories where a falsely accused wife is abandoned on an island by her husband, only to be rescued and then saves him from a terrible fate.
== References ==
Category:Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend
Category:Folklore Motifs