ATU 451 The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers

ATU 451

The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers

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

Transformation: man to raven. 3 variants
Transformation: man to swan. 3 variants
Disenchantment by sewing shirts for enchanted brothers. 3 variants
Disenchantment by maintaining silence. 3 variants
Directions on quest given by sun, moon, wind, and stars. 3 variants
Innocent woman accused of killing her new-born children. 3 variants
Wrong sign put out leads to boys' leaving home. They are to be informed by a sign if a sister is born. 3 variants
King (prince) accidentally finds maiden and marries her. 3 variants
Sister faithful to transformed brother. 3 variants
Sacrifice of brothers promised if girl is born. 3 variants
Flight of brothers from home to avoid being sacrificed. 3 variants
Sign hung out informing brothers whether mother has borne boy or girl. 3 variants
Twelve brothers. 1 variant
One sister and six (seven, eleven, twelve) brothers. 1 variant
Seven brothers and one sister. 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.