Literature. Part hundred thirty four.

                                                   "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a king with his twelve children: eleven sons and one daughter.

Their stepmother was an evil witch. She turned her stepsons into swans and made her stepdaughter Elisa ugly.

The swan brothers flew away, and no one recognized their sister.

After some time, Elisa became beautiful again and found her brothers.

Then sister gathered nettles and made shirts from them. This saved eleven brothers.

At the end of the fairy tale, Elisa got married.

Phaedra.

Phaedra (Φαίδρα) (Phaídra) was known as a Cretan princess in Greek myths and legends.

Minos and Pasiphaё (Πασιφάη) (Pāsipháē) were her parents.

Also, Phaedra had several siblings: Glaucus (Γλαῦκος) (Glaûkos), Ariadne (Ἀριάδνη) (Ariádnē), Androgeus (Ἀνδρόγεως) (Androgeum), Xenodice (Ξενοδίκη), Deucalion (Δευκαλίων), and the Minotaur (Μινώταυρος) (Mīnṓtauros).

Theseus (Θησεύς) was her spouse. Acamas (Ἀκάμας) and Demophan (Δημοφῶν) were their sons.

Urania.

Urania (Οὐρανία) (Ouranía) was the Muse of astronomy in Greek mythology. The globe was the symbol of this goddess.

Zeus was her father and Mnemosyne was Urania's mother.

Also, she had several siblings: Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Calliope, Clio, Erato, Thalia, and etc.

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) (Apollōn), Hermes (Ἑρμῆς), and Amphimarus (Ἀμφίμαρος) were Urania's husbands.

Linus (Λῖνος) (Linos) and Hymen (Ὑμήν) (Humḗn) were their sons.

Hypsilyle.

Hypsilyle (Ὑψιπύλη) (Hypsipýlē) was a queen of island Lemnos in Greek mythology. Her father was king Thoas (Θόας). Dionysus (Διόνυσος) (Dionysos) and Ariadne (Ἀριάδνη) (Ariadne) were Hypsilyle's grandparents.

She saved her father.

Jason (Ἰάσων) (Iásōn), the leader of the Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûta) was Hypsipyle's husband. They had twin sons: Euneus (Εὔνηος) and Thoas (Θόας).

Also, Hypsilyle was a nurse of Opheltes (Ὀφέλτης).

Literature. Part eighty six.

                                       "The Twelve Brothers" by the Brothers Grimm.

Once upon a time there were a husband and wife, who were a king and Queen. They had twelve sons.

The king decided if his wife gives birth to a daughter, then all the boys must die.

The queen told the youngest son Benjamin, that he and his brothers would go to the forest to live.

Then the boys had a sister and they stayed to live in the forest.

Several years later the girl knew about her twelve brothers. Mother said that she didn't know where they were.

The sister found her brothers' house in the forest. Everyone was happy with this meeting.

Once a sister picked twelve lilies in the garden, and her twelve brothers turned into twelve ravens.

To save her brothers, the sister didn't say a word or laugh for seven years.

During this time, she married the king. His stepmother wanted to kill her. But the brothers saved their sister.

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