Unsophisticated hero

Motif

Unsophisticated hero.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Types of unpromising heroes (heroines). · view the constellation · filed as L122

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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 myth*Cross
JewishNeuman.
general *Dickson 128ff. nn. 94–99

Within the index

Filed under Types of unpromising heroes (heroines).

Filed beside it

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

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