Motif
Youngest sibling succeeds where elder siblings fail
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A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic
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Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 1 URSGEUL. / URSGEUL. 241 / THE POOR BROTHER AND THE RICH. 243 / THE KING OF LOCHLIN'S THREE DAUGHTERS. 245; lines 11927-11999 confidence: high
At a great wood and river, an Uruisg comes out of the river asking for part of a bannock; the brother refuses and every tree he cuts stands up again until night.
The elder and middle brothers fail in the same task, while the youngest succeeds after responding differently to the Uruisg.
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