Motif
boastful self-admiration after danger or loss
boastful_self_admiration_after_danger_or_loss
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
zuni
-
Zuni Folk Tales HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED / JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL / THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES / THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA; lines 10197-10303 confidence: medium
Old Tarantula tumbles into his lower room, rejoices that he was not caught, dances and sings while admiring his garments; Great Eagle returns crestfallen to the council and reports failure.
Old Tarantula dances, sings, and admires himself after escaping Eagle, and again after losing the head-dress plumes.
read in the book →