Unpromising hero: aged man.
Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Unpromising hero (heroine). · view the constellation · filed as L101.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Irish myth Cross
- N. Am. Indian (Zuñi) Benedict II 336.
Within the index
Filed under Unpromising hero (male Cinderella). Usually, but not always, the unpromising hero is also the youngest son.
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