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== [[Oral Tradition]] ==
* Many variants of the Arthur myth have King Arthur raised as a much lower-ranked if not common boy before proving himself in battle and being told of his lineage, or finding out upon the whole "sword in the stone" business. <!-- MOD: ''Fate/stay night'' is not Oral Tradition. See Gender Flip/Visual Novels for the content related to that series that used to be here. ==>
* [[Older Than Feudalism]], from [[Classical Mythology]]: Paris or [[Oedipus the King]], who were both prophesied to bring destruction and so were brought up as peasants instead of princes. Naturally, [[You Can't Fight Fate|this didn't thwart their destinies.]] Oedipus's revelation was possibly the biggest tragic [[Heroic BSOD]] in theater ever, and led him to gouge his own eyes out.
** The play about Oedipus has him raised by another king. His hamartia ([[Tragic Flaw]]) was his uncontrollable temper that drove him to club his father to death at the crossroad, to disregard Teiresias, and to jump to conclusions about Creon. His I Am Who? moment segued beautifully into his [[Heroic BSOD]] and exile.
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