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To: cloudmountain
Right, well... it COULD be pasted onto #1, as in The Hero goes after a great evil and rescues a Damsel In Distress, but it's a bit of a stretch.

It could be #2, as in a peasant falls in love with a princess, but again that is not explicitly in the definition.

Again, it could be pasted onto #3, The Quest -whether the quest is for some object or the Damsel in question, but again it is not the primary theme.

#4, Voyage and return, as when a simple lad goes on a voyage and endures great tragedies and triumphs, ultimately to return home with the Damsel he rescued...

Comedies... again a pasting of the theme but not the point.
Tragedies... in essence, Boy Loses Girl Forever -and who wants to have that happen?
Rebirth... I suppose that would be your point, but "Rebirth" is such a loose label that it could apply to anything from a failing restaurant being re-branded and starting up again to someone's girlfriend dying (not to mention the ex- coming back to evilly haunt you forever) and then returning that I cannot realistically assign it to that.

Sorry, but I think it needs a simple category all its own.

329 posted on 07/22/2014 9:21:30 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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To: Utilizer
Sorry, but I think it needs a simple category all its own.

Fine. Do that. Defy all the known tales of humanity and make up another category all by yourself.

This IS, after all,the FREE REPUBLIC!!!

330 posted on 07/22/2014 9:26:24 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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