Barber becomes king — Mythoi

Motif

Barber becomes king.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Types of unpromising heroes (heroines). · view the constellation · filed as L113.8

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 8, Section 45
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 5
Literary Crystallization Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged) , Book 3, Story 5
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Snake. Fish, and Insect Myths — Myth 59 59. THE SMALLER REPTILES— FISHES AND INSECTS

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Hero (heroine) of unpromising occupation.

Filed beside it

Menial hero Menial heroine Poor weaver as hero Peasant as hero Woodcutter hero Smith as hero Quack-doctor as hero Tailor as hero Flute player as hero

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