Motif
Claimed supernatural power fails before human hostility
claimed_supernatural_power_fails_before_human_hostility
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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1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD / THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN / THE WITCH; lines 4982-4993 confidence: high
"You say you can avert the anger of the gods. How comes it, then, that you have failed to disarm the enmity of men?"
The judge explicitly contrasts the witch's claim to avert divine anger with her inability to disarm the enmity of men.
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