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Prior to his adventures, he is often despised as weak and foolish by his brothers or father, or both — sometimes with reason, some youngest sons actually being foolish, and others being lazy and prone to sitting about the ashes doing nothing. But some times the youngest son is the one that does the
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is a subversion; in most versions the hero chooses to wed the eldest princess while the youngest of the twelve daughters was the only one to realize she and her sisters were being followed during their nightly ventures.
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Sibling rivalry may also spring up in these stories, but usually over the youngest daughter's marriage. They may incite their sister to break the taboo her husband has laid on her, as in
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The story of the "kind and unkind girls" often features a pair as rivals. They are more often stepsiblings than siblings, but as siblings, the younger is generally the favored, as in
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Even when not scorned as small and weak, the youngest son is seldom distinguished by great strength, agility, speed, or other physical powers. He may be particularly clever, as in
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Youngest daughters may also appear as not the heroine of the tale, but the bride of the hero; when there is more than one princess, the bride is almost always the youngest, as in
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jeer at the notion that he should go first on the quest, when he is the oldest son; only after his two younger brothers have not returned can he be compelled to go. Likewise, in
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may feature three sisters solely so that the youngest of them can be preferred. The choice of a younger and prettier sister may also cause intrafamily friction in a ballad.
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This magical helper is often long faithful to him; he may fail many times after the initial test, often by not respecting the helper's advice. Indeed, in
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that gives him his success, as Puddocky has pity on him, but usually he is tested in some manner that distinguishes him from his brothers: in
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This rivalry is not a necessary component of the character. He may also be the only one of the brothers to set about the work, as in
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Heroines in fairy tales are more often marked out as stepdaughters, but sometimes they appear as the youngest daughter. In
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he takes a talking fox's advice to avoid an inn where his brothers decided to abandon their quest.
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In tales where the brothers had a sister, she is usually the heroine of the tale, as in
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Sibling rivalry in fairy tales is, in general, a trait of same-sex siblings.
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He generally succeeds in tasks after his older brothers have failed, as in
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The ubiquity of this theme has made it an obvious target for
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The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird
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he is offered the choice of half a loaf with his mother's
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The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England
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Index


The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll
Theodor Kittelsen
stock character
fairy tales
hero
third
brothers
Esben and the Witch
Hop o' My Thumb
The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
quest
Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf
The Brown Bear of the Green Glen
The Water of Life
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
The Red Ettin
Puddocky
donor
blessing
curse
The Golden Bird
obstacle
The Grateful Beasts
Thirteenth
Boots and the Troll
Dapplegrim
The Master Thief

Warwick Goble

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