Motif
Pride as brief rule followed by downfall/dissolution
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A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Fallen Power and Ruined Splendor. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 XXIII / XLIII / LXIII / LXXVII; lines 16308-16324 confidence: medium
Pride is compared to a bubble inflated by wind; its shining ‘head’ is temporary, its ‘cap of rule’ falls, and it is ‘merged in wine.’
Pride is depicted as a shining bubble whose ‘cap of rule’ falls and which is merged in wine.
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