Motif
pride reveals hidden wrongdoing
pride_reveals_hidden_wrongdoing
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. 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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More Jataka Tales XIX PRINCE WICKED AND THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS / XX BEAUTY AND BROWNIE / XXI THE ELEPHANT AND THE DOG / THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS; lines 166-262 confidence: high
The monkeys take the bright beads the next morning, but the Girl Monkey who took the pearls stays near the hole where she hid them.
The Girl Monkey remains hidden until other monkeys boast about beads; then she displays the pearls and is caught.
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