Deformed child as hero — Mythoi

Motif

Deformed child as hero.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Types of unpromising heroes (heroines). · view the constellation · filed as L112.3

Cited in the index

general Penzer I 184ff.

Within the index

Filed under Hero (heroine) of unpromising appearance.

1 finer motif beneath it

Hero with deformed head

Filed beside it

Monster as hero Very small hero Dirty boy as hero "Burnt-belly" as hero "Scar-face" as hero Skin-sore as hero Lame child as hero Ugly child becomes great poet One-armed hero Heroine born with pigeon's head

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