Monster as hero.
Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Types of unpromising heroes (heroines). · view the constellation · filed as L112.1
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Slavic Russian Folk-Tales , Chapter II
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XII XII. The Sacred Marriage
- Finnish The Kalevala , Rune XXVI
- Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 4
- Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part II — CHAPTER V
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys.
- general *Type 708
- general *BP II 236
- general Cosquin Lorraine II 224
Within the index
Filed under Hero (heroine) of unpromising appearance.
1 finer motif beneath it
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- The Wonder Child · ATU 708 2 recorded variants
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