Motif
artisan excellence provoking envy and murder plot
artisan_excellence_provoking_envy_and_murder_plot
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Envy, Jealousy, and Rivalry. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic welsh
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The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7208-7299 confidence: high
Manawyddan makes fine leather shoes with gilded clasps; customers buy from him instead of others, so the cordwainers become envious and plot to slay him.
Manawyddan's shoes draw all trade away from the other cordwainers, who become envious and agree to slay him.
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