Brothers having extraordinary skill rescue princess — Mythoi

Motif

Brothers having extraordinary skill rescue princess.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescuers. · view the constellation · filed as R166

Filed across the traditions

Italian Basile Pentamerone V No. 7
Japanese Ikeda.
general *Type 653
general BP III 45ff.
general *Köhler-Bolte I 198, 439

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.) Sister rescues brother(s) 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.) Master rescues disciple Angels as rescuers Other rescuers

Carried in tale types

The Four Skillful Brothers · ATU 653 16 recorded variants

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