damsel
Knight's rescue target
A damsel is a young unmarried woman—the word is archaic or literary, surviving mainly in the phrase damsel in distress, which describes a woman needing rescue.
The trope appears throughout fairy tales, romances, and adventure stories, though modern usage often invokes it ironically or critically: She refused to play the damsel in distress.
Courteous term for woman
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
- maidenUnmarried young woman
- lassYouthful female
- gentlewomanWoman of high birth
demoiselle · belle · wench · nymph · noblewoman · countess · duchess · baroness
Uncontaminated quality
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- maidenUnmarried young woman
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
unblemished · virtue · modesty · guileless · angelic · untouched · wholesomeness · unworldly
Unmarried young woman
- youngNot yet mature
- nubileMarriageable young woman
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
unmarried · eligible · bachelorette · unwed · girlhood · blossoming · youthful · debutante
Monarch's daughter or heir
- castleFortified medieval residence
- towerTall slender edifice
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
spell · witch · kingdom · magic · fable · quest · sorcerer · fairy
lady
Courteous term for woman
gentlewoman · demoiselle · belle · wench · nymph · noblewoman · countess · duchess · baroness · peeress
purity
Uncontaminated quality
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- maidenUnmarried young woman
naivety · unblemished · virtue · modesty · guileless · angelic · untouched · wholesomeness · unworldly · unspoiled
maiden
Unmarried young woman
- youngNot yet mature
- nubileMarriageable young woman
- adolescentPerson in puberty
budding · unmarried · eligible · bachelorette · unwed · girlhood · blossoming · youthful · debutante · coming-of-age
princess
Monarch's daughter or heir
enchantment · spell · witch · kingdom · magic · fable · quest · sorcerer · fairy · legend
knight
Honored mounted soldier
valor · honor · quest · squire · tournament · jousting · fealty · heraldry · lance · shield
rescue
Save from harm
tower · endangered · kidnapped · imperiled · trapped · victim · vulnerable · dragon · hostage · abducted
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
- medieval societyserfs, noble lineage, peasants, serf, heir
- aquarium lifegoldfish, betta, guppy, neon tetra, angelfish
- character archetypeshero, villain, mentor, sidekick, protagonist
- girlsgirl, lass, lassie, miss, missy
- Medieval Charactersknight, king, queen, prince, princess