Motif
Boastful speedster defeated in a race
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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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shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature A MONASTERY. / SPECIMEN OF SHAN WRITING. / THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE / THE HARE AND THE SNAIL; lines 9547-9590 confidence: high
The tale opens with a hare boasting that no one can beat him in a race and asking a water-snail to race.
The hare boasts that no one can beat him, insists on racing despite warning, and loses through exhaustion.
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