Motif
false confidence leads to disaster
false_confidence_leads_to_disaster
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 FARMER AND THE VIPER / THE TWO FROGS / THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR / THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION; lines 3379-3394 confidence: high
The Ass is elated and reasons that a Lion unable to face a Cock will be even less likely to stand against an Ass, so he pursues the Lion.
The Ass draws a mistaken conclusion from the Lion’s fear of the Cock, pursues him, and is eaten; the moral explicitly identifies false confidence as disastrous.
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