Disagreeable and disliked child surpasses the likeable one — Mythoi

Motif

Disagreeable and disliked child surpasses the likeable one.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L155

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Italian Novella Rotunda.

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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 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 Unpromising hero kills those who scorn him

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