Orphan hero.
Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Types of unpromising heroes (heroines). · view the constellation · filed as L111.4
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 7references
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- Missouri FrenchCarrière
- India*Thompson-Balys
- ChineseGraham
- New HebridesCodrington 283ff.
- BuinWheeler No. 8
- TuamotuStimson MS (T-G. 3/818)
- Africa (Wakweli)Bender 81.
Within the index
Filed under Hero (heroine) of unpromising origin.
4 finer motifs beneath it
Filed beside it