μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Victorious youngest son.

Reversal of fortune. · Victorious youngest child. · Victorious youngest son. · view the constellation · filed as L10

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 491
  • Tahiti Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 614
  • Tuamotu Stimson MS (T-G. 3/403, 615)
  • Easter Island Métraux Ethnology 383
  • Polynesian Dixon 41
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 327 n. 185, (California): Gayton and Newman 74
  • Africa (Jaunde) Heepe 262, (Fang): Tessman 107, (Zanzibar): Bateman 155ff. No. 8, (Ekoi): Talbot 207, 259, 355, (Fjort): Dennett 65 No. 13, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 171 No. 34
  • Cape Verde Islands Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 110f. No. 39.
  • general *Types 326, 402, 471, 513, 550, 551, 554, 569, 570, 571, 577, 580, 610, 935, 1650. See also references under each of these type entries in FFC LXXIV. *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 186a
  • general Malone PMLA XLIII 398f.
  • general *A. Christensen Danske Studier (1916) 46ff.
  • general Chauvin II 115 No. 88. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index
9 finer motifs beneath it
Name of victorious youngest son Abused son of younger co-wife becomes hero Fortunate youngest son. Always has good luck Favorite youngest son Compassionate youngest son. Kind to people or animals: rewarded Stupid youngest son becomes clever Youngest brother helps elder Only the youngest brother helps his sister perform dangerous task Younger brother given birthright of elder
Carried in tale types

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “victorious” · wander