Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

653: The Skillful Brothers

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 650-699: Supernatural Power or Knowledge > 653: The Skillful Brothers

Description

The father has them trained. Display of their accomplishments. The bird's nest on the tree. The stolen princess recovered. Cf. Type 513, 514. I. The Four Brothers Tested. (a) Four brothers sent to learn trades return home and are tested. (b) The…

Variants

653A. The Rarest Thing in the World

A princess is offered to the one bringing the rarest thing in the world [T68.1]. Three brothers set out and acquire magic objects: a telescope which shows all that is happening in the world [D1323.15], a carpet (or the like) which transports one at…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Die vier kunstreichen Brüder653GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812
L'uva salamanna653ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956
Li Cinco Figlie653NeapolitanGiambattista BasileItaly1634

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Five Brothers 653 Chilean Internet Archive
Four Clever Men 653 Indian Internet Archive
Jan, Pyt en Klaas 653 Netherlands 1973 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Poor Man 653B Indian Internet Archive
Salamanna Grapes 653A Italian Internet Archive
The Four Skillful Brothers 653 German Internet Archive
Three Sons 653 British Internet Archive
Vair Bruirs 653 Netherlands 1930 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Who Cured the Princess? 653A Israeli Internet Archive

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