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Motifs — first 20 of 128
- Brothers as creators. A15.2
- God carries brothers and sisters on his back in basket. A137.4.1
- Culture heroes brothers. A515.1
- Sworn brothers as culture heroes. A515.1.2
- Sun and moon as brothers. A736.3
- Sun and moon as twin brothers. A736.3.1
- Sun and moon brothers: sun clever, moon stupid. A736.3.2
- Each of sun brothers works for a month and plays for the other eleven; were they to work all together, the world would be burned up by the heat. A739.3
- Moon is wife to all twelve brothers of the sun and they have her a month at a time because she ate up her sisters. A753.1.4.2
- First human being killed by jealous brothers (reptiles and insects). A1297
- Why brothers and sisters do not marry. A1552.1
- Helpful animal brothers-in-law. B314
- "We three" – "For gold" – "That is right" devil's bargain. Three brothers have agreed to say only these things. They incriminate themselves. C495.2.1
- Disenchantment by sewing shirts for enchanted brothers. D753.1
- Magic object stolen by brothers. D861.3
- Magic fish talk so that ogre thinks hero has many brothers with him. (Cf. B175.) D1613.1
- Saint blesses brothers' eyes so that they see heaven. D1820.3
- Resuscitation when strangling corset-lace breaks. Girl laced so tightly in corset that she faints. Brothers carry her to her grave. They stumble. Corset-lace breaks and girl revives. E21.2
- Brothers identical in appearance. F577.2
- Extraordinary companions are brothers (twins, triplets). F601.5
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1525R The Robber Brothers
- ATU 1536B The Three Hunchback Brothers Drowned
- ATU 1650 The Three Lucky Brothers
- ATU 303 The Twins or Blood-Brothers
- ATU 303A Brothers Seek Sisters as Wives (previously Six Brothers Seek Seven Sisters as Wives)
- ATU 312D Rescue by the Brother (previously Brother Saves his Sister and Brothers from the Dragon)
- ATU 327B The Brothers and the Ogre (previously The Dwarf and the Giant)
- ATU 327G The Brothers at the Witch's House (previously The Boy at the Devil's [Witch's] House)
- ATU 328A* Three Brothers Steal Back the Sun, Moon, and Star
- ATU 360 Bargain of the Three Brothers with the Devil