Despised boy wins gambling game — Mythoi

Motif

Despised boy wins gambling game.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · Success of the unpromising hero (heroine). · view the constellation · filed as L177

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian (Zuñi) Benedict II 336.

Within the index

Filed under Success of the unpromising hero (heroine).

Filed beside 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 [First Edition: L190. Unpromising hero (heroine) – miscellaneous.]

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