The Twelve Brothers
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"The Twelve Brothers" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm that tells the story of a princess who must save her twelve brothers transformed into birds through her courage and long silence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Twelve Brothers canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German fairy tale
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Grimms' Fairy Tale ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| audience | children ⓘ |
| author | Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
brothers transformed into birds
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magical shirts of star-flowers ⓘ sister rescuing brothers ⓘ vow of silence ⓘ |
| collectionNumbering | KHM 9 ⓘ |
| collector |
Jacob Grimm
NERFINISHED
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Wilhelm Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | threat of brothers' execution at birth of a daughter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1812 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Kinder- und Hausmärchen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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folk tale ⓘ magic tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
children's book retellings
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
foreign king (husband of the princess)
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king (father) ⓘ princess ⓘ queen (mother) ⓘ twelve brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
The Seven Ravens
NERFINISHED
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The Six Swans NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twelve Wild Ducks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Grimms' Fairy Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | European fairy-tale tradition ⓘ |
| moral | courage and steadfastness can overcome enchantment and injustice ⓘ |
| motif |
false accusation against heroine
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prophecy or fear about female child displacing male heirs ⓘ step-relatives or in-laws persecuting heroine ⓘ |
| narrativePattern | girl rescues enchanted brothers by long silence and sewing ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A princess must save her twelve brothers, transformed into birds, by remaining silent and sewing shirts for them over many years. ⓘ |
| relatedTaleType | ATU 451A GENERATED ⓘ |
| resolution | princess breaks enchantment and restores her brothers to human form ⓘ |
| taleType |
ATU 451
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The Twelve Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
innocence persecuted
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perseverance ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ sibling loyalty ⓘ |
| transformation | twelve brothers transformed into ravens or other birds ⓘ |
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Subject: The Twelve Brothers Description of subject: "The Twelve Brothers" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm that tells the story of a princess who must save her twelve brothers transformed into birds through her courage and long silence.
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