Motif
attempt to control celestial order
attempt_to_control_celestial_order
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Household Tales by Brothers Grimm / CONTENTS; lines 3189-3285 confidence: high
At dawn the wife sees the sun rising and asks whether she too can order the sun and moon to rise; she wakes her husband and says she wishes to be like God, while he is horrified and begs her to remain Pope.
The wife explicitly wants to order the sun and moon to rise and says she cannot be happy unless she can make them rise herself.
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