μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Lowly heroine marries prince (king).

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Success of the unpromising hero (heroine). · view the constellation · filed as L162

Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Spanish Espinosa II Nos. 107f., 154, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 80, 142
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone III No. 5 and passim, *Rotunda
  • India Cowell Jātaka I 27f., *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 147, 423, II 103, 455, 1366
  • Japanese Ikeda.
  • general *Types 310, 403, 428, 431, 440, 442, 450, 451, 501, 510, 511, 545A, 585, 652, 705, 706, 707, 708, 711, 870A, 873, 875, 883A, 887
  • general Hibbard 190ff.
  • general *Roberts 196. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Success of the unpromising hero (heroine).

Filed beside it
Lowly hero marries princess 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.]
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
King (rich man) weds common girl. (Cf. L162, T91.6.2.) Marriage to prince as reward for disenchanting him. (Cf. L162.) King (prince) in love with a lowly girl. (Cf. L162, T121.8.)
Carried in tale types

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