Poor prince overcomes king

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Poor prince overcomes king.

Reversal of fortune. · Triumph of the weak. · Weak overcomes strong in conflict. · view the constellation · filed as L311.3

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Weak (small) hero overcomes large fighter.

Filed beside it

Sick hero overcomes antagonist Poorly-armed hero overcomes well-armed by strategy Little innocent girl is able to drive giant out of land Small boy overcomes enraged gorilla

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