μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tardy surpasses punctual.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L147

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Filed under The unpromising surpasses the promising.

1 finer motif beneath it
Tardy bird alone succeeds at bird convocation
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Stupid person surpasses clever Pupil surpasses master Poor man surpasses rich Ignorant surpasses learned man Ugly preferred to pretty sister Neglected surpasses favorite child 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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