ATU 303A Brothers Seek Sisters as Wives (previously Six Brothers Seek Seven Sisters as Wives)

ATU 303A

Brothers Seek Sisters as Wives (previously Six Brothers Seek Seven Sisters as Wives)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Tales Of Magic · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Separable soul in bird. 2 variants
Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers. (Cf. L31.) 2 variants
100 brothers seek 100 sisters as wives. (Seven – seven, fifty – fifty, etc.) 2 variants
Transformation: man to stone. 1 variant
Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.