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An unlikely underdog hero as opposed to a superhuman overdog one is what separates fairy tales aka common men’s stories and epics. Of course, there are some heroes who combine peasant origins and superpowers, but they are exceptions. Usually, a fairy tale hero is an unpromising type. The Norwegian Askeladden or Russian Ivan the Fool. He is small in stature and marginalized. This is the case even with female characters. Cinderella wears rags, and is covered in soot, serves as a drudge in her stepmother’s household. This makes her rags to riches story all the more enjoyable as the heroine’s victory is seen as a justly deserved reward for her morals.

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A.Olreck in his article "The Epic Laws of Folk Poetry" lists a number of "laws" inherent in the artistic form itself and of corse folklore, most notably for this topic the “law of repetitions” and “the law of trinity”. With the law of trinity (three is the highest number of people or objects) Olreck explains the focus on the younger. Later, another Dane, Arthur Christensen, developed Orleck’s ideas in his 1916 study Legends of Two Brothers and Three Brothers. He explains it as follows: “If the hero reaches the glass mountain the second time, the audience does not get an idea of the difficulty of the enterprise. That the first time was unsuccessful could have been a mere coincidence. But failure the first two times and success the third time enough emphasize the difficulty... It is exactly the same with the three princes. The fact that the two return without reaching the goal makes the superiority of the heroic younger brother plausible”.

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1536 and 1776: Could they BOTH be the start of Satan's little season?

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