A master builder gets to know that the king is going to kill or maim him. He asks to send a messenger to his home to bring an ostensibly forgotten tool or something else. His daughter-in-law understands the real meaning of the message, takes the messenger as a prisoner and saves her father-in-law
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 3.3.4.1 | Ireland |
| 3.3.4.3 | Scotland |
| 5.1.6.1 | Ingush |
| 5.1.6.2 | Chechens |
| 5.2.1.1 | Georgians |
| 5.2.2.2 | Azeris (Azerbaijanis) |
| 5.4.3.4 | Sarikoli |
| 5.6.2.7 | Nepali; Tharu |