Motif
cooperative rescue by brothers with complementary skills
cooperative_rescue_by_brothers_with_complementary_skills
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family, within the sub-family Paired Rescues and Monster-Slaying. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 17954-18054 confidence: high
The astronomer looks through his telescope, sees the princess far away on a rock in the sea with the dragon beside her, asks the king for a ship, and sails there with his brothers.
The brothers' different arts are each used in sequence: locating the princess, removing her from the dragon, killing the dragon, and repairing the ship.
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