Brother and Sister (Greek fairy tale)
- Brother and Sister (Greek fairy tale)
Brother and Sister is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in "Folktales of Greece". [Georgias A. Megas, "Folktales of Greece", p 54, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 403A, The Wishes. [Georgias A. Megas, "Folktales of Greece", p 225, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970]
ynopsis
A brother and sister were poor. Once a chance to do some work let the brother buy some sardines. He gave them to his sister to keep for their evening meal. Three women came by their house and asked to rest. The sister let them in and gave the sardines. The women gave her that when she combed her hair, pearls would fall from it; when she washed her hands, the basin would fill with fish; and when she dried her hands, the towel would fill with flowers. She was able to give her brother mullet rather than the sardines. He demanded to know how she had gotten it, but was pleased once she told him. He went to sell the pearls. He was hauled before the king, because no one would believe he had not stolen the pearls. He told the king his story, and the king resolved to marry his sister.
The brother went back to get his sister. When they were on shipboard, they met a gypsy; the sister told her what they were doing, and the gypsy turned her into a bird, by sticking a pin in her head, to take her place, but she could do none of the things that the sister could do. The king was enraged; he threw the brother into prison and set the gypsy to mind the turkeys.
The sister, as a bird, flew into the king's garden and sang of her story. The next day, the king set cages to catch her. Once she was caught, he stroked her, found the pin, and pulled it out. The sister took her own form and showed that she could do what her brother had said. The king freed her brother, married her, and had the gypsy torn to pieces
ee also
*Biancabella and the Snake
*The Enchanted Maiden
*Bushy Bride
*The White and the Black Bride
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