Seven brothers and one sister — Mythoi

Motif

Seven brothers and one sister.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Other formulistic motifs. · view the constellation · filed as Z71.5.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8
India *Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian (Seneca) Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 565 No. 116.
general Type 451
general *Gummere Kittredge Anniversary Volume 17

Within the index

Filed under Formulistic number: seven.

Filed beside it

Formulistic numbers: sevenfold (e.g. 49, 70, 70,000, 7,777). (Cf. Z71.15.) Journey beyond seven seas Seven year's peace with no killing of men King for seven years Exile for seven years Seven as a number in religious and social records King with seven wives and seven mares. The seven wives pregnant for seven years, the seven mares seven years in foal Seven brothers marry seven sisters

Carried in tale types

The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers · ATU 451 1 recorded variant

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