Motif
Envious release of a confined affliction backfires
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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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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore MYTHOLOGICAL. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER III. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 8332-8491 confidence: high
The rich brother opens the stone intending to release Woe against his brother; Woe leaps out, sits on him, refuses to leave, grips him by the neck, and causes renewed drinking and losses.
The rich brother opens the stone to release Woe against his brother, but Woe attaches to him instead.
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