Comparative mythology corpus

Futile Striving Against One’s Own Shadow

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Daoist Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII. / CHAPTER XXXIII. / THE EMPIRE.; lines 14461-14654 medium Hui Tzŭ investigates all creation but does not conclude in Tao; he makes noise to drown an echo and is like a man running a race with his own shadow. record