Seven brothers marry seven sisters — Mythoi

Motif

Seven brothers marry seven sisters.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Other formulistic motifs. · view the constellation · filed as Z71.5.8

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

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.) Seven brothers and one sister 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

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