Neglected surpasses favorite child — Mythoi

Motif

Neglected surpasses favorite child.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L146

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Filed under The unpromising surpasses the promising.

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Ape tries to flee with favorite child; neglected child saves himself. The favorite child is killed through the mother's overanxiety

Filed beside it

Stupid person surpasses clever Pupil surpasses master Poor man surpasses rich Ignorant surpasses learned man Ugly preferred to pretty sister Tardy surpasses punctual Slowness surpasses haste Peasant girl outwits prince Daughter succeeds on quest where son fails Scorning stops when it turns out that the scorned has saved the king by fighting alone against four Disagreeable and disliked child surpasses the likeable one Unpromising hero kills those who scorn him

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