Motif
boastful light humbled by extinguishing wind
boastful_light_humbled_by_extinguishing_wind
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.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation JUPITER AND THE MONKEY / FATHER AND SONS / THE LAMP / THE OWL AND THE BIRDS; lines 1898-1928 confidence: high
A well-filled lamp burns steadily, grows proud, boasts of shining more brightly than the sun, and is blown out by a puff of wind.
The lamp boasts of surpassing the sun, is immediately blown out, and then requires relighting by another.
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