Brother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable

Motif

Brother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable.

Society. · The family. · Brothers and sisters. · view the constellation · filed as P253.3

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 257 No. 31.
general Chauvin II 190 No. 2
general Tawney Journal of Philology XII 121
general Aly Volksmärchen bei Herodot 35, 109

Within the index

Filed under Sister and brother.

Filed beside it

Sister's son One sister and two brothers One sister and three (four) brothers One sister and ten brothers One sister and six (seven, eleven, twelve) brothers Brother about to drink blood of seemingly guilty sister Sister faithful to transformed brother Girl comes to brother's aid when he is attacked. She slays the assailant and is eventually acquitted Sister avenges brother's death Sister warns brothers Brothers persecute sister's lover and are in return killed by him Clever sister saves life of brother Woman dies of sorrow for death of brother

Travels with

Wife chooses father rather than husband or son. (Cf. P253.3.) Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable

Carried in tale types

Brother Chosen Rather than Husband or Son · ATU 9851 recorded variant

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