Motif
surviving youngest brother avenges losses and recovers what was stolen
surviving_youngest_brother_avenges_losses_and_recovers_what_was_stolen
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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Aino Folk-Tales I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / V.--SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.; lines 2331-2395 confidence: high
The eldest brother kills sixty men before being killed; the second brother kills eighty men before being killed.
After the eldest and second brothers die in battle, the youngest brother retreats, gathers allies, kills the opponent, and recovers the woman and deer.
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