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* Herakles/Hercules, Sargon of Akkad, Oedipus, Cyrus the Great, and [[King Arthur]] are just a few of many examples from mythology. The writer [[Cartoon History of the Universe|Larry Gonick]] has said this is a common trope in the myths of ethnic groups who have a hero from a different ethnic group; he's actually one of them but was swapped as a baby.
* In some versions, King Arthur tries to avert the prediction that his son Mordred will kill him by having him put out to sea on a raft. In some cases, it's said that he actually put all the children who shared that birthday onto a raft, to avoid the shame of killing his own son. Either way, a fisherman ends up finding and raising Mordred.
* The Norse and German legend of [
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: This is extremely prevalent in Hindu Mythology
** In the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', Karna was the first illegitimate son of Kunthi and the sun god Surya. Since Kunthi is an unmarried princess at that time, she sets him adrift on the river on a basket of reeds with a pair of amulets and chest armor as his inheritance (that incidentally makes him invincible). He gets adopted by the charioteer Atiratha<ref>(who served the house of Kurus -- ironically, the same house Kunti married into when she married Pandu)</ref> and later joins the evil Duryodhana's side as his [[The Dragon|most trusted friend]] and against his (unknown to him) five brothers.
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* Video game example: in ''[[Castle of the Winds (Video Game)|Castle of the Winds]]'', the [[Big Bad]] kills your parents in an attempt to kill you, the [[Chosen One]]. Your parents knew it was coming, however, and left little baby Player in the hands of a elderly farmer couple.
* Another videogame example(and spoiler): in ''[[Final Fantasy]] IX'', {{spoiler|Princess Garnet is revealed to be one of the last Summoners, who survived a great catastrophe by going away with her mother on a boat. Her mother, though, had died as soon as they got to Alexandria. Also, Zidane qualifies once the full scope of his origin is revealed}}
* Seemingly played straight in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn'' with Pelleas, lost heir to Daein, except that he isn't taken in by a family and grows up in an orphanage. However, it's subverted when {{spoiler|[[Hundred
* The [[Player Character]] of ''[[Jade Empire]]'' was a baby Spirit Monk taken from the destruction of Dirge and raised by Master Li to reclaim his/her heritage.
* As explained in the [[Extended Gameplay]] of ''[[Dragon Quest]] VIII'', The Hero is {{spoiler|the son of the wayward prince of Argonia and a Dragovian princess. His pet mouse is actually his grandfather in disguise, who protected him when his Dragovian bretheren sealed The Hero's memories (which conveniently immunized him from all curses) and sent him away. His Argonia heritage paves the way for ''him'' to marry Medea rather than Prince Charmles.}}
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