μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Lowly successful hero invites king and humbles him.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Success of the unpromising hero (heroine). · view the constellation · filed as L175

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 675
Within the index

Filed under Success of the unpromising hero (heroine).

1 finer motif beneath it
Lowly successful soldier invites general and humbles him
Filed beside it
Lowly hero marries princess Lowly heroine marries prince (king) Lowly boy becomes king. (Most references to L161 apply here) Despised boy wins race Despised boy wins gambling game [First Edition: L190. Unpromising hero (heroine) – miscellaneous.]
Carried in tale types

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