Motif
fall of overconfident monumental work
fall_of_overconfident_monumental_work
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Forbidden Projects and Cosmic Overreach. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1301-1350 confidence: medium
The building stood like a mountain above the city, was thought unable to fail, held water almost twenty fathoms high, and was solid enough for houses to be built on it.
The dam is described as mountain-like and thought incapable of failing, yet it is broken by the divinely sent flood.
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