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== Fairy Tales ==
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718140423/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/hanselgretel/stories/molly.html Molly Whuppie]" is classified among the tales of the type "The Small ''Boy'' Defeats the Ogre", like "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105173747/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/hopomythumb/index.html Hop O' My Thumb]".
* In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140401211439/http://surlalunefairytales.com/hanselgretel/stories/rosetree.html The Rose Tree]", the [[Wicked Stepmother|stepchild]] is a girl, unlike most variants of this tale, such as "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130921113251/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/47junipertree.html The Juniper Tree]".
* "[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch271.htm The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward]" features a hero in a tale normally told with a heroine, such as "[https://web.archive.org/web/20170618020621/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/index.html The Goose Girl]".
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* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131017031044/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/twelvedancing/stories/katiecrackernuts.html Katie Crackernuts]" rescues a prince, in a reversal of the story of "[[The Twelve Dancing Princesses]]".
* The [[She Cleans Up Nicely]] plot of "[[Cinderella (novel)|Cinderella]]" and her sisters has a Gender Flip equivalent in "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131207045438/http://surlalunefairytales.com/bearskin/index.html Bearskin]", and such variants as "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140119234006/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/bearskin/stories/dongiovanni.html Don Giovanni de la Fortuna]", "[http://www.gwu.edu/~folktale/GERM232/bearskin/web%20pages/SoldierandtheBadMan.html The Soldier and the Bad Man]", "[http://www.gwu.edu/~folktale/GERM232/bearskin/web%20pages/RoadtoHell.html The Road to Hell]", "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140117195302/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/bearskin/stories/rewardkindness.html The Reward of Kindness]", [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0361.html#sutermeister "The Devil As Partner" and "Never Wash"].
* Man/woman acquires a magical spouse, [[Forbidden Fruit|violates a prohibition]], and must go on [[The Quest]] to find the spouse again. The fairy tales classifed as "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131020042454/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/other.html The Search for the Lost Husband]" are as plentiful as those classified "[
* The [[Child Ballad]] "[http://www.bartleby.com/243/76.html The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward]" and the [[Fairy Tale]] "[https://web.archive.org/web/20170618020621/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/index.html The Goose-Girl]" are GenderFlips of each other. Both feature protagonists who were overpowered by servants and promised never to tell of the crime in order to save their lives. The servants then took their place and made them work as menial servants until someone (the father of her intended bridegroom for "The Goose Girl"; the daughter of a local lord for "The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward") figured out how to get the tale without ([[Exact Words|technically]]) breaking the promise.
* In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130824041617/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/stories/blackcow.html The Story of the Black Cow]", it is a stepson who is aided against his [[Wicked Stepmother]] by a magical cow; they run away together and the cow's magical aid lets him [[Rags to Royalty|make a royal match]].
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