Motif
greed transforms wealth into beggary
greed_transforms_wealth_into_beggary
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Pride, Greed, and Hubris. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8713-8823 confidence: high
The narrator laments that his lust for gold caused his suffering; the dervish says the blindness is a just chastisement and that the blindness of the heart caused the blindness of the body.
The narrator says his lust after gold caused his fall, and he changes in one moment from a rich man into a beggar living on alms.
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