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

450: Brother and Sister

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 400-459: Supernatural or Enchanted Wife (Husband) or Other Relative > 450-459: Brother or Sister > 450: Brother and Sister

Description

The boy is turned into a roe by the cruel stepmother. Lives with his sister in the forest. The king marries the sister. Her stepmother usurps her place as wife. Disclosure, punishment, and reunion. Cf. Types 403, 480, 533. I. Cruel Stepmother. A…

Variants

450A. The Brother Transformed to a Snake

See analysis of 450. III. (c) A brother and sister are driven forth by their stepmother. The boy kills a snake. A flowering tree grows from its body. The girl puts one of the flowers on her brother and he is changed into a snake. IV. (b) The brother…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Broertje en zusje	450	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Het lammetje en het visje	450	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Ninnillo en Nennella	450,327A	Dutch	Rien Valkhoff	Italy	_
Das Lämmchen und Fischchen	450	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Brüderchen und Schwesterchen	450	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Nennillo und Nennella	450,327A	German	_	Italy	_
Fratellino e sorellina	450	Italian	_	Germany	_
Cừu non và cá con	450	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Anh và em gái	450	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Сестрица Аленушка, братец Иванушка	450	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
Brorlil og søsterlil	450	Danish	_	Germany	_
Lammet og fisken	450	Danish	_	Germany	_
Irmãozinho e Irmãzinha	450	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
Los dos hermanitos	450	Spanish	_	Germany	_
El corderillo y el pececillo	450	Spanish	_	Germany	_
Burdilluni	450	Sicilian	Giuseppe Pitrè	Italy	1870
La figghia di Biancuciuri	480,403,450	Sicilian	Giuseppe Pitrè	Italy	1870
Nennillo and Nennella	450,327A	English	John Edward Taylor	Italy	_
The lambkin and the little fish	450	English	_	Germany	1884
The brother and sister	450	English	_	Germany	_
Brother and Sister	450	English	Andrew Lang	Germany	1890
Frérot et sœurette	450	French	_	Germany	_
Ninnillo e Nennella	450,327A	Neapolitan	Giambattista Basile	Italy	1634

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
Allison Gross	450	British	Internet Archive
Cruel Stepmother	450	German	Internet Archive
Little boy and his elder sister	450	Greek	Internet Archive
Little Boy and his Elder Sister	450	Greek	Internet Archive
Little Brother and Little Sister	450	German	Internet Archive
Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka	450	Russian	Internet Archive
The Brother Who Was a Lamb	450	French	Internet Archive
The Little Lamb and the Little Fish	450	German	Internet Archive

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