Unpromising hero (heroine) — Mythoi

Motif

Unpromising hero (heroine).

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Unpromising hero (heroine). · view the constellation · filed as L100

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

3 finer motifs beneath it

Unpromising hero (male Cinderella). Usually, but not always, the unpromising hero is also the youngest son Unpromising heroine. Usually, but not always, the youngest daughter Unpromising hero given great powers by deity

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Unpromising hero as rescuer. (Cf. L100.)

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