Success of the unpromising hero (heroine)

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Success of the unpromising hero (heroine).

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

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

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

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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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