page_title: Youngest son
hierarchical_section_title: Youngest son
context_page_description: The youngest son is a stock character in fairy tales, where he features as the hero. He is usually the third son, but sometimes there are more brothers, and sometimes he has only one; usually, they have no sisters.
  In a family of many daughters, the youngest daughter may be an equivalent figure.
context_section_description: The youngest son is a stock character in fairy tales, where he features as the hero. He is usually the third son, but sometimes there are more brothers, and sometimes he has only one; usually, they have no sisters.
  In a family of many daughters, the youngest daughter may be an equivalent figure.
caption: The youngest son hero of The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll confronts the troll. (Illustration by Theodor Kittelsen)
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