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* In "Lord Kotura of the Winds", an Arctic village is being threatened by harsh winds, and a father with three daughters surmises that Lord Kotura of the Winds is angered and can only be appeased with a wife. He sends his eldest daughter to Lord Kotura's dwelling with very specific instructions. She ignores every single one, and then when she finally gets to Lord Kotura's dwelling, she also ignores ''his'' instructions; and in the end Lord Kotura angrily casts her out of his home to freeze to death in the snow. The winds grow stronger, and the father sends out his second daughter. Pretty much the exact same thing happens, and when the winds grow harsher once again, the father sends out his youngest daughter, who follows his and Lord Kotura's instructions to a T. Greatly pleased, Lord Kotura makes her his wife, the winds die down, and the village is saved.
* "[[Hop-o'-My-Thumb|Hop O My Thumb]]" is the youngest child in the family and manages to outwit a giant and rescue his siblings.
* In the "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313070907/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/masterthief.html The Master Thief]", the hero has two older brothers who do not feature in the tale; their only purpose is to make him the youngest.
* In "[[East of the Sun and West of the Moon]]", the bear asks for the woodcutter's youngest daughter.
* In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140704200150/http://surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/dancingwater.html The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird]", it is the youngest daughter who promises to have marvelous children and marries the king. This is the usual form of this tale, but [[The Brothers Grimm (creator)|The Brothers Grimm]] "[
* In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131207045438/http://surlalunefairytales.com/bearskin/index.html Bearskin]", the youngest daughter agrees to marry the hero while he is filthy, hairy, and wearing a bearskin. Other variants of this type of fairy tale include "[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]" (where she actively cleans him up), "[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"]. Some versions of the story, however, have it that it's the middle daughter who consents to be his bride.
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* In "[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/426.htm The White Dove]", a [[Wicked Witch]] gets two brothers to promise her their younger brother for their safety; then she kidnaps the younger brother and tries to destroy him with impossible tasks. When he survives and returns, the older brother confess and insist that he be their father's heir.
* In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060523212750/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/index.html Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird, and the Gray Wolf]", only the youngest of the three princes first stays awake to see the Firebird, and second presses on after [[Threshold Guardians|the stone warning of dangers]].
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