μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sister warns brothers.

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

Attested across traditions
  • Norse The 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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Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg.
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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 Brother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable Girl comes to brother's aid when he is attacked. She slays the assailant and is eventually acquitted Sister avenges brother's death 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

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