Twelve brothers — Mythoi

Motif

Twelve brothers.

Society. · The family. · Brothers and sisters. · view the constellation · filed as P251.6.7

Attested across traditions

Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 6 receipt
“the many attacks of twelve brothers of Norwegian birth”

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 9 9.— THE TWELVE BROTHERS.
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 6
Literary Crystallization Ulysses , 7 Aeolus
Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 41 CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON
North American Indigenous Navaho Legends , Legend 6

Cited in the index

general Type 451.

Within the index

Filed under Several brothers.

Filed beside it

Three brothers Four brothers Six or seven brothers Eight brothers Nine brothers Eleven brothers

Carried in tale types

The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers · ATU 451 1 recorded variant

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