Four brothers.
Society. · The family. · Brothers and sisters. · view the constellation · filed as P251.6.2
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 14
- Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 22
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XXVXXV. Temporary Kings
- GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 129129.— THE FOUR SKILFUL BEOTHERS.
- HawaiianLegends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes, VV.
Scholars’ trail — 1reference
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- general Types 653, 655.
Carried in tale types
- The Four Skillful Brothers · ATU 65332 recorded variants