Folklorist Thomas Frederick Crane noted that the tale also involved the motif of the magical escape from the maiden's ogre mother, a narrative sequence that appears in tale type ATU 313, "The Magic Flight".
fˈoʊkloːɹˌɪst tˈɑːməs fɹˈɛdɚɹˌɪk kɹˈeɪn nˈoʊɾᵻd ðætðə tˈeɪl ˈɔːlsoʊ ɪnvˈɑːlvd ðə moʊtˈiːf ʌvðə mˈædʒɪkəl ɛskˈeɪp fɹʌmðə mˈeɪdənz ˈoʊɡɚ mˈʌðɚ, ɐ nˈæɹətˌɪv sˈiːkwəns ðæt ɐpˈɪɹz ɪn tˈeɪl tˈaɪp ˌeɪtˌiːjˈuː θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːtiːn, "ðə mˈædʒɪk flˈaɪt".