Quest for lost brother(s) — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for lost brother(s).

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1385.8

Attested across traditions

Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 9 receipt
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 25 receipt
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 49 receipt
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 60 receipt
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 85 receipt
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 96 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 452*
Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges
German Grimm Nos. 9, 25, 49, 60, 85, 96
India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Quest for lost persons.

Filed beside it

Unspelling quest: journey to disenchant (free) captives Quest for stolen princess Quest for vanished daughter Quest for vanished wife (mistress) Quest for vanished husband Quest for vanished lover. (Cf. H1381.2.1.1.) Quest for lost sister Quest for lost father. (Cf. H1216.) Quest for lost (stolen) family Quest for lost prince (king) Quest for lost uncles King in quest of his prime minister who has left him in anger

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: speaking during certain time Transformation through thoughtless wish of parent Disenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or more One brother rescues another from ogre Treasure from bird's feathers Speaking lion Speaking bear Speaking wolf Speaking fox Speaking hare (rabbit) Helpful animals a gift Release of animal by hunter (fisher)

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