Faithful foster brother — Mythoi

Motif

Faithful foster brother.

Society. · The family. · Foster relatives. · view the constellation · filed as P273.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic *Boberg.
general *Type 516
general *BP I 46
general *Rösch FFC LXXVII 96

Within the index

Filed under Foster brother.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Foster brothers avenge each other King's son begs pardon for treacherous foster brother Foster brother as constant adviser

Filed beside it

Faithless foster brother Unable to hit man himself, enemy kills his foster brother Children of Tuatha De Danann fostered by Milesians

Carried in tale types

Faithful John · ATU 516 12 recorded variants

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