Hero refuses reward. Rides away without it — Mythoi

Motif

Hero refuses reward. Rides away without it.

Reversal of fortune. · Modesty brings reward. · Modest request best. · view the constellation · filed as L225

Filed across the traditions

Italian Basile Pentamerone I No. 7
Icelandic Boberg.
general *Types 300, 303

Within the index

Filed under Modest request best.

Filed beside it

Modest request: present from the journey. Asked what her father shall bring her as a present, the heroine chooses a modest gift. It is usually a flower but sometimes does not turn out to be such a simple gift after all (golden cloak, golden apple) Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse

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