Motif
exaggerated self-image leading to destruction
exaggerated_self_image_leading_to_destruction
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Comparative Boasts and Humbling. 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 THE WOLVES, THE SHEEP, AND THE RAM / THE SWAN / THE SNAKE AND JUPITER / THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW; lines 4609-4631 confidence: high
A wolf roams on a plain at low sun and is impressed by the size of his shadow.
The wolf takes his enlarged shadow as evidence of greatness, behaves fearlessly, and is killed by a lion.
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