Hero (heroine) of unpromising appearance

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Hero (heroine) of unpromising appearance.

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

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

Icelandic*Boberg
India*Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Types of unpromising heroes (heroines).

11 finer motifs beneath it

Monster as hero Very small hero Deformed child as 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

Filed beside it

Hero (heroine) of unpromising origin Hero (heroine) of unpromising occupation Hero (heroine) of unpromising habits Successful foolish son Insane hero (heroine)Stupid hero. (Cf. Z253.)Unsophisticated hero Pauper hero Dumb hero

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