Twelve brothers

Motif

Twelve brothers.

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

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Attested across traditions

NorseThe First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, Book 6 receipt
“the many attacks of twelve brothers of Norwegian birth” uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 99.— THE TWELVE BROTHERS.
NorseThe First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, Book 6
Literary CrystallizationUlysses, 7 Aeolus
IrishGods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, Ch. 41CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON
North American IndigenousNavaho Legends, Legend 6

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 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 4511 recorded variant

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