μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sister warns brothers.

Society. · The family. · Brothers and sisters. · view the constellation · filed as P253.6

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Attested across traditions
  • NorseThe Poetic Edda, ATLAKVITHA EN GRÖNLENZKA receipt

    “This their sister saw, | as soon as her brothers Had entered the hall,— | little ale had she drunk: “Betrayed art thou, Gunnar! | what guard hast thou, hero, ’Gainst the plots of the Huns? | from the hall flee swiftly!”

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  • Icelandic*Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Sister and brother.

Filed beside it
Sister's sonOne sister and two brothersOne sister and three (four) brothersOne sister and ten brothersOne sister and six (seven, eleven, twelve) brothersBrother about to drink blood of seemingly guilty sisterSister faithful to transformed brotherBrother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceableGirl comes to brother's aid when he is attacked. She slays the assailant and is eventually acquittedSister avenges brother's deathBrothers persecute sister's lover and are in return killed by himClever sister saves life of brotherWoman dies of sorrow for death of brother

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