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 title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De vier kunstvaardige broers	653	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die fünf Söhne	653	German	_	Italy	_
Die vier kunstreichen Brüder	653	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
I quattro fratelli ingegnosi	653	Italian	_	Germany	_
Bốn anh em tài giỏi	653	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
De fire kunstfærdige brødre	653	Danish	_	Germany	_
Os quatro irmãos habilidosos	653	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
Los cuatro hermanos ingeniosos	653	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The four skilful brothers	653	English	_	Germany	_
Os catro irmáns habilidosos	653	Galician	_	Germany	_
L'uva salamanna	653	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Li Cinco Figlie	653	Neapolitan	Giambattista Basile	Italy	1634

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
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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