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From an early Russian folk tale, with elements from Grimm's The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs and The Griffin.

An evil king sets out to kill a ' luck child ', the seventh son of a seventh son, whom it is prophesied will one day be king.

Despite the king's repeated efforts, luck each time saves the boy, who ultimately exiles the king.

The King ends up in a cursed life as a ferryman when he grabs the cursed ferryman's oar freeing the previous ferryman.

The boy then marries his daughter and inherits his kingdom.