Brother and Sister
| Brother and Sister | |
|---|---|
Sister Alenushka Weeping about Brother Ivanushka by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1881. | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Brother and Sister |
| Also known as | Little Sister and Little Brother |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 450 |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimm's Fairy Tales |
"Brother and Sister" (also "Little Sister and Little Brother"; German: Brüderchen und Schwesterchen) is a European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 11). It is a tale of Aarne–Thompson Type 450. In Russia the story was more commonly known as "Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka", and collected by Alexander Afanasyev in his Narodnye russkie skazki.