Frederick the Mouse (Leo Lionni) is rather nice and touches on this issue.
Don't know from what it derives.
"While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to
daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick [...]
who warms his friends and cheers them with h
I can't recall which ones but I think a number of tales by the Grimm
Borthers have a young poor, usually considered ugly, brother or peasant
save the day. Here's another one that might be relevant:
There is an unauthored fable with numerous variations across the Balkans
that tells of a kingdom of
I vaguely recall, from childhood, a folk tale or fable in which a group of
people or animals are confronted with a perilous challenge that requires the
creative input of everyone in the group to solve. Everyone, that is, except one
individual who is considered so inferior that he is not worth co
