Success of the unpromising hero (heroine) — Mythoi

Motif

Success of the unpromising hero (heroine).

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Success of the unpromising hero (heroine). · view the constellation · filed as L160

Filed across the traditions

Irish *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 27, Beal XXI 309
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

7 finer motifs beneath it

Lowly hero marries princess Lowly heroine marries prince (king) Lowly boy becomes king. (Most references to L161 apply here) Lowly successful hero invites king and humbles him Despised boy wins race Despised boy wins gambling game [First Edition: L190. Unpromising hero (heroine) – miscellaneous.]

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