"Happily ever after" is the most famous closing formula for fairy tales in the Anglosphere. But plenty of folktales, even traditional fairy tales, end on a real down note. It's not be a pleasant aspect of the genre (naturally), but it adds dynamism to it.
The Adventure of Cherry of Zennor
The Story of the Man Who Went to Wake His Luck
There's even a book about narratives, old and new, that upend our expectations: Anti-Tales: The Uses of Disenchantment by Catriona McAra.
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