Daughter succeeds on quest where son fails — Mythoi

Motif

Daughter succeeds on quest where son fails.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L152

Cited in the index

general Africa (Rozwi): Posselt Fables of the Veld (Oxford, 1929) 30ff.

Within the index

Filed under The unpromising surpasses the promising.

Filed beside it

Stupid person surpasses clever Pupil surpasses master Poor man surpasses rich Ignorant surpasses learned man Ugly preferred to pretty sister Neglected surpasses favorite child Tardy surpasses punctual Slowness surpasses haste Peasant girl outwits prince 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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