Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers. (Cf. L31.)

Motif

Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers. (Cf. L31.)

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R155.1

Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

Missouri FrenchCarrière
ArabianBurton Nights S V 249
Jewish*Neuman
India*Thompson-Balys
IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 182
Africa (Thonga)Junod 229, (Fjort): Dennett 64 No. 12.
general *Types 303, 303*, 327**, 471, 551
general MacCulloch Childhood 353
general *BP I 503ff., 528ff. Icelandic: *Boberg
general N. Am. Indian (Arapaho): Dorsey and Kroeber FM V 23ff. Nos. 10, 11, (Dakota): Wissler JAFL XX 199, (Chinook): Boas BBAE XXV 9ff. Nos. 1, 2, (Quinault): Farrand JE II 114 No. 10, (Caddo): Dorsey CI XLI 58ff. Nos. 32, 33, (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 7

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Filed under Brothers rescue brothers.

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Elder brother rescues younger

Travels with

Youngest brother helps elder

Carried in tale types

Brothers Seek Sisters as Wives (previously Six Brothers Seek Seven Sisters as Wives) · ATU 303A2 recorded variants
The Bridge to the Otherworld · ATU 4712 recorded variants

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