Unpromising hero (male Cinderella). Usually, but not always, the unpromising hero is also the youngest son — Mythoi

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Unpromising hero (male Cinderella). Usually, but not always, the unpromising hero is also the youngest son.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Unpromising hero (heroine). · view the constellation · filed as L101

Filed across the traditions

English Wells 25 (The Tale of Gamelyn)
Missouri French Carrière
Italian Novella Rotunda
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 52 No. 32
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 408
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 327 n. 185
Africa (Fang) Trilles 251f.
general *BP I 183ff.
general *Rank Mythus v. d. Geburt d. Helden
general *Cosquin Contes indiens 494ff.
general Cox 437–462, 519
general M. Bloomfield in Penzer VII x
general *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 184b nn. 13ff.
general Chauvin II 83 No. 9. – Icelandic: *Boberg

Within the index

Filed under Unpromising hero (heroine).

1 finer motif beneath it

Unpromising hero: aged man

Filed beside it

Unpromising heroine. Usually, but not always, the youngest daughter Unpromising hero given great powers by deity

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