Motif
pride leading to loss
pride_leading_to_loss
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Fortune Turned to Humiliation. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE QUAIL AND THE FALCON / PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL / THE BOLD BEGGAR / THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO; lines 2155-2265 confidence: medium
The lioness is astonished and furious at the proposal, considers death by holding her breath or starving, gives no answer, and the jackal returns home miserable.
The final comment attributes the brothers’ deaths to the lioness holding her nose high in the air, and she shows little grief afterward.
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