Insane hero (heroine)

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Insane hero (heroine).

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Types of unpromising heroes (heroines). · view the constellation · filed as L116

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish mythCross (L125).

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Filed under Types of unpromising heroes (heroines).

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

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