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The Twelve Brothers
Illustration by Henry Justice Ford.
Folk tale
NameThe Twelve Brothers
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 451
CountryGermany
Published inGrimm's Fairy Tales

"The Twelve Brothers" (German: Die zwölf Brüder) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 9).[1] Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.[2]

It is of Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers"), which is commonly found throughout Europe.[3] Other variants of the Aarne-Thompson type include The Six Swans, The Twelve Wild Ducks, Udea and her Seven Brothers, The Wild Swans, and The Seven Ravens.[4]

  1. ^ Ashliman, D. L. (2012). "The Twelve Brothers". University of Pittsburgh.
  2. ^ Andrew Lang, The Red Fairy Book, "The Twelve Brothers"
  3. ^ Uther, Hans-Jörg (2004). The Types of International Folktales: Animal tales, tales of magic, religious tales, and realistic tales, with an introduction. FF Communications. p. 267 - 268.
  4. ^ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to The Six Swans"

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