Sister rescues brother(s) — Mythoi

Motif

Sister rescues brother(s).

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R158

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK I, ch. III

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Rumanian Schullerus FFC LXXVII No. 879*
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 707

Within the index

Filed under Rescuers.

Filed beside it

Husband rescues wife Wife rescues husband Parents rescues child. (Cf. S351.) Children rescue parents Brothers rescue brothers Brother rescues sister(s). (Cf. G551.1.) Sisters rescue sisters. (Cf. G551.2.) Lover rescues his lady Rescue by captor's daughter (wife, mother) Rescue by grateful dead man. (Cf. E341.) Rescue by giant. (Cf. G100.) Rescue by saint (holy man). (Cf. R121.6.) Brothers having extraordinary skill rescue princess Master rescues disciple Angels as rescuers Other rescuers

Carried in tale types

The Three Golden Children (previously The Three Golden Sons) · ATU 707 256 recorded variants

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