Four brothers.
Society. · The family. · Brothers and sisters. · view the constellation · filed as P251.6.2
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 14
- Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 22
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXV XXV. Temporary Kings
- Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 129 129.— THE FOUR SKILFUL BEOTHERS.
- Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , V V.
Cited in the index
- general Types 653, 655.
Carried in tale types
- The Four Skillful Brothers · ATU 653 32 recorded variants
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