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Pride, Hubris, and Downfall

146 tagged occurrences across 16 traditions.

The pattern of overreaching pride followed by destruction or humbling. Includes failed towers, punished transgressors, kings brought low, and the moral that power without wisdom or humility leads to ruin.

146total occurrences
145child motifs
16traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

Child MotifRelationshipOccurrencesTraditions
Hunter Becomes Hunted curated_mapping 2 2
Ambitious Courtier Betrays Benefactor functional_variant 1 1
Boast Before Combat Followed By Decisive Defeat functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Comparison Followed By Reversal functional_variant 1 1
Boasting When Detection Is Impossible functional_variant 1 1
Corruption Into Tyranny Through Seduction And Implanted Passion functional_variant 1 1
Corruption Of The Best Nature uncertain 1 1
Counterproductive Removal Of A Perceived Cause functional_variant 1 1
Death Through Envy After Surpassing Warriors functional_variant 1 1
Decline From Cultural Flowering Into Waste And Decay functional_variant 1 1
Doomed Warrior Ignores Prudent Counsel functional_variant 1 1
Endurance Of A Record Contrasted With Daily Transience child 1 1
Envious Imitation Of A Beneficent Marvel Fails functional_variant 1 1
Fallen Royal Glory And Animal Occupied Ruins symbolic_variant 1 1
False Self Exaltation Of A Small Creature functional_variant 1 1
Fame Seeking Destruction Of A Sacred Building By Fire functional_variant 1 1
Fatal Disregard Of A Guiding Middle Path functional_variant 1 1
Fear Driven Conversion From Honor To Wealth functional_variant 1 1
Fortunate Removal Contrasted With Failed Imitation functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Anger As Civic Danger functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Wrath With Destructive Consequences functional_variant 1 1
Human Imitation Of Celestial Paradise Followed By Heavenly Destruction functional_variant 1 1
Humbling Of Overconfident Believers functional_variant 1 1
Impermanence Of Royal Glory symbolic_variant 1 1
Insatiable Greed narrower_than 1 1
Isolated Master Fearing Revolt Of Dependents functional_variant 1 1
Jealous Imitation Of A Revered Figure functional_variant 1 1
Mockery Of Cowardice After Failed Bravado functional_variant 1 1
Overbold Pursuit Followed By Sudden Flight functional_variant 1 1
Pretender Made Ridiculous functional_variant 1 1
Pride As Brief Rule Followed By Downfall/dissolution child 1 1
Pride Corrected By Humiliation Or Punishment functional_variant 1 1
Public Success Produces Jealous Hostility narrower_than 1 1
Rejected Prudent Escape Counsel functional_variant 1 1
Ruined Splendor Questioning Vanished Power symbolic_variant 1 1
Successive Declining Generations Of Humanity broader_label 1 1
Temptation Through Royal Wealth And Power narrower_than 1 1
Tyrant As Slave Of Inner Desires symbolic_variant 1 1
Admired Feature Becomes Cause Of Ruin functional_variant 1 1
Artisan Excellence Provoking Envy And Murder Plot functional_variant 1 1
Attempted Restraint Increases Destructive Anger functional_variant 1 1
Boast Answered By Bodily Comparison over_specific_label 1 1
Boast Answered By Supernatural Opposition functional_variant 1 1
Boast Of Many Children Against A Divine Rival functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Challenger Immediately Destroyed functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Comparison Overturned By Events functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Contestant Humbled In Combat functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Courage Exposed By Danger functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Demon King Displays Cosmic And Royal Power functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Lesser Light Humbled By Extinction functional_variant 1 1
Boastful Recounting Of Past Victories To Silence Challengers functional_variant 1 1
Borrowed Finery Exposed functional_variant 1 1
Constitutional And Ethical Decline uncertain 1 1
Counterproductive Remedy Intensifies The Problem functional_variant 1 1
Death Pursuing The Wealth Seeker functional_variant 1 1
Decline Across Generations Into Tyranny functional_variant 1 1
Decline From Ideal Order Into Timocratic Militarism uncertain 1 1
Decline From Ideal Order Through Successive Corrupt Forms uncertain 1 1
Decline Through Corrupted Generation functional_variant 1 1
Delayed Revenge After Fall From Power uncertain 1 1
Derisive Boast Provokes Vengeance functional_variant 1 1
Desire Ruling The Self uncertain 1 1
Destructive Overreaching Against Nature functional_variant 1 1
Destructive Passion Leading To Death narrower_than 1 1
Destructive Pride In Conflict functional_variant 1 1
Discord Grows When Met With Violence functional_variant 1 1
Disrespect Before Failed Imitation functional_variant 1 1
Envious Rival Prepares A Poisoned Ambush functional_variant 1 1
Envy As Harmful Force narrower_than 1 1
Envy As Possession Leading To Obstruction functional_variant 1 1
Envy Leading To Failed Imitation functional_variant 1 1
Envy Leads To Self Harming Abandonment Of Livelihood functional_variant 1 1
Exaggerated Self Image Leading To Destruction alias 1 1
Excess As Cause Of Decay symbolic_variant 1 1
Failed Attempt To Change Innate Nature By Imitation functional_variant 1 1
Fall From Former Status broader_label 1 1
Fall Of Overconfident Monumental Work functional_variant 1 1
False Champion Exposed By Real Danger functional_variant 1 1
False Confidence Leads To Disaster narrower_than 1 1
False Courage Against A Powerless Substitute functional_variant 1 1
False Security Created By Delayed Harm functional_variant 1 1
Fatal Pursuit Of Splendid Spoils functional_variant 1 1
Fire And Clay Hierarchy Claim symbolic_variant 1 1
Greedy Imitation Brings Worthless Result functional_variant 1 1
Greedy Imitator Misuses Or Destroys A Wonder Working Object functional_variant 1 1
Hero Warned To Limit Pursuit But Exceeds Bounds functional_variant 1 1
Hidden Subterranean Wealth Unleashes Vice And War functional_variant 1 1
Humiliation Concealed By Boastful Explanation functional_variant 1 1
Impermanence Of Royal Grandeur symbolic_variant 1 1
Impermanence Of Worldly Power broader_label 1 1
Intoxication By Freedom Leading To Tyranny functional_variant 1 1
Inversion Of Luxury Into Shame Or Bondage functional_variant 1 1
Isolated Master Becomes Fearful Captive functional_variant 1 1
Jealous Master Destroys Talented Pupil functional_variant 1 1
Kinslaying For A Hoard functional_variant 1 1
Limited Mission With Forbidden Overreach functional_variant 1 1
Losing A Real Possession While Seeking An Illusory Greater Gain functional_variant 1 1
Luxury Produces Conflict functional_variant 1 1
Missed Decisive Victory Through Rage For Slaughter functional_variant 1 1
Mortal Challenges Deity In Craft Contest functional_variant 1 1
Obstinate Refusal Of Rescue Or Guidance functional_variant 1 1
Ordered Decline From Ideal Order To Tyranny functional_variant 1 1
Ordered Decline Of Regimes functional_variant 1 1
Overeating Leads To Entrapment functional_variant 1 1
Personified Envy Infects A Human Heart symbolic_variant 1 1
Pleasure Causing Neglect Of Duty functional_variant 1 1
Political Degeneration Expressed Through Animal And Monster Imagery symbolic_variant 1 1
Power Reversed By Circumstance uncertain 1 1
Precarious Height And Downfall Of The Powerful symbolic_variant 1 1
Pride And Accidental Superiority Before Reversal narrower_than 1 1
Pride From Temporary Wealth Before A Fall narrower_than 1 1
Pride Humbled In Divine Containment child 1 1
Pride Leading To Loss alias 1 1
Prideful Beings Attempt To Bridge Heaven And Earth functional_variant 1 1
Prideful Weak Animal Challenges Stronger Animal functional_variant 1 1
Protector Corrupted Into Predator Tyrant functional_variant 1 1
Protector Transformed Into Tyrant functional_variant 1 1
Proud Adversary Refuses Divine Command functional_variant 1 1
Public Approval And Public Humiliation functional_variant 1 1
Public Expert Exposed By Private Failure functional_variant 1 1
Rash Request To Wield Divine Power functional_variant 1 1
Refused Counsel Before Destructive War functional_variant 1 1
Rejection Of A Divine Warner By Proud Opponents functional_variant 1 1
Reversal Of Fortune Humbles The Proud functional_variant 1 1
Ruler Sustains Power Through Manufactured War functional_variant 1 1
Seeming Gain Becomes Fatal Danger functional_variant 1 1
Self Chosen Path To Destruction functional_variant 1 1
Self Destructive Overreaching For An Inaccessible Object functional_variant 1 1
Self Inflicted Harm While Attacking A Smaller Enemy functional_variant 1 1
Small Creature Destroyed By Misjudging Size Or Capacity functional_variant 1 1
Strong Figure Defeated, Frail Figures Endure uncertain 1 1
Superior Healer Slain By Jealous Healer functional_variant 1 1
Triumph Followed By Sudden Downfall functional_variant 1 1
Tyranny As Disease Or Death Of Government symbolic_variant 1 1
Tyrant As Embodiment Of Lawless Wickedness role_variant 1 1
Tyrant's Generalized Vengeance After Betrayal functional_variant 1 1
Unattainable Object Disparaged After Failure functional_variant 1 1
Vanished Kings And The Ruin Of Worldly Power functional_variant 1 1
Victor Destroyed By Lesser Danger functional_variant 1 1
Warning Against Arrogant Suitors functional_variant 1 1
Warning Before Battle Is Ignored Or Belittled functional_variant 1 1
Wealth Leading To Insolence And Admonition functional_variant 1 1
Wealth Transformed Into Golden Touch Legend functional_variant 1 1
Wise Counsel Rejected Before Foretold Ruin functional_variant 1 1
Wise Warning Rejected Before Ruin functional_variant 1 1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Greek 79 Roman 11 Sufi 10 Islamic 8 Hindu 7 Buddhist 5 Celtic Irish 5 Japanese 5 Persian 5 Greek/Roman 4 Finnish/Karelian 2 Ainu 1 Celtic Welsh 1 Daoist 1 Islamicate Folklore 1 Norse 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

79 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Boast Before Combat Followed By Decisive Defeat (1), Boastful Comparison Followed By Reversal (1), Boasting When Detection Is Impossible (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aesop's Fables; a new translation and The Republic. This is a deterministic summary of 79 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation BROTHER AND SISTER / THE HEIFER AND THE OX / THE KINGDOM OF THE LION / THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER; lines 3737-3747 high Obstinate Refusal Of Rescue Or Guidance record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation BROTHER AND SISTER / THE HEIFER AND THE OX / THE KINGDOM OF THE LION / THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER; lines 3737-3747 high Self Chosen Path To Destruction record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation BY G. K. CHESTERTON / AND ILLUSTRATIONS / BY ARTHUR RACKHAM / INTRODUCTION; lines 175-222 medium Pride And Accidental Superiority Before Reversal record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation DEMADES AND HIS FABLE / THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN / THE CROW AND THE SNAKE / THE DOGS AND THE FOX; lines 4517-4534 high False Courage Against A Powerless Substitute record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation DEMADES AND HIS FABLE / THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN / THE CROW AND THE SNAKE / THE DOGS AND THE FOX; lines 4517-4534 high Seeming Gain Becomes Fatal Danger record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation HERCULES AND PLUTUS / THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD / THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN; lines 4964-4979 high Jealous Imitation Of A Revered Figure record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation HERCULES AND PLUTUS / THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD / THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN; lines 4964-4979 high Pretender Made Ridiculous record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation JUPITER AND THE MONKEY / FATHER AND SONS / THE LAMP / THE OWL AND THE BIRDS; lines 1898-1928 high Boastful Lesser Light Humbled By Extinction record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS / THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY / THE ASS AND THE WOLF / THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL; lines 3444-3454 high Envy Leading To Failed Imitation record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS / THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY / THE ASS AND THE WOLF / THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL; lines 3444-3454 medium Public Approval And Public Humiliation record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE BLACKSMITH AND HIS DOG / THE STAG AT THE POOL / THE DOG AND THE SHADOW / MERCURY AND THE TRADESMEN; lines 2390-2411 high Losing A Real Possession While Seeking An Illusory Greater Gain record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMAN / THE LARK AND THE FARMER / THE LION AND THE ASS / THE PROPHET; lines 2927-2938 high Public Expert Exposed By Private Failure record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE COCK AND THE JEWEL / THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD / THE FARMER AND THE STORK / THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER; lines 3279-3292 high Fall From Former Status record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER / THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW / THE FARMER AND HIS SONS / THE DOG AND THE COOK; lines 1800-1820 medium Humiliation Concealed By Boastful Explanation record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE CROW AND THE PITCHER / THE BOYS AND THE FROGS / THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN / THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS; lines 1286-1298 high Counterproductive Removal Of A Perceived Cause record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE DOGS AND THE HIDES / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS / THE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCK / THE GNAT AND THE LION; lines 4775-4790 medium Self Inflicted Harm While Attacking A Smaller Enemy record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE DOGS AND THE HIDES / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS / THE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCK / THE GNAT AND THE LION; lines 4775-4790 high Triumph Followed By Sudden Downfall record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE DOGS AND THE HIDES / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS / THE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCK / THE GNAT AND THE LION; lines 4775-4790 high Victor Destroyed By Lesser Danger record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE EAGLE AND THE FOX / THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS / HERCULES AND MINERVA / THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION; lines 4863-4875 high Hunter Becomes Hunted record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE ESCAPED JACKDAW / THE FARMER AND THE FOX / VENUS AND THE CAT / THE CROW AND THE SWAN; lines 3196-3207 high Envy Leads To Self Harming Abandonment Of Livelihood record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE ESCAPED JACKDAW / THE FARMER AND THE FOX / VENUS AND THE CAT / THE CROW AND THE SWAN; lines 3196-3207 high Failed Attempt To Change Innate Nature By Imitation record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FARMER AND HIS DOGS / THE EAGLE AND THE FOX / THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS / HERCULES AND MINERVA; lines 4847-4860 high Discord Grows When Met With Violence record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FARMER AND THE VIPER / THE TWO FROGS / THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR / THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION; lines 3379-3394 high False Confidence Leads To Disaster record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKS / THE ASS AND THE DOG / THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE / THE ATHENIAN AND THE THEBAN; lines 4178-4195 medium Heroic Anger As Civic Danger record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER / THE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKS / THE ASS AND THE DOG / THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE; lines 4159-4175 high Pride Corrected By Humiliation Or Punishment record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FOX AND THE LION / THE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTOR / THE BLACKSMITH AND HIS DOG / THE STAG AT THE POOL; lines 2371-2387 high Admired Feature Becomes Cause Of Ruin record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL / THE MULE / THE HOUND AND THE FOX / THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS; lines 3946-3974 high Mockery Of Cowardice After Failed Bravado record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL / THE MULE / THE HOUND AND THE FOX / THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS; lines 3946-3974 high Overbold Pursuit Followed By Sudden Flight record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN / THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE / THE ROGUE AND THE ORACLE / THE HORSE AND THE ASS; lines 5210-5221 high Reversal Of Fortune Humbles The Proud record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE LION AND THE BOAR / THE WALNUT-TREE / THE MAN AND THE LION / THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE; lines 2208-2220 high Destructive Overreaching Against Nature record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE MICE IN COUNCIL / THE BAT AND THE WEASELS / THE DOG AND THE SOW / THE FOX AND THE CROW; lines 1049-1070 medium Boast Answered By Bodily Comparison record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE MISER / THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN / THE HORSE AND THE ASS / THE FOX AND THE GRAPES; lines 915-949 high Unattainable Object Disparaged After Failure record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE MOON AND HER MOTHER / MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN / THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION / THE LION AND THE MOUSE; lines 1222-1238 medium Power Reversed By Circumstance record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE OLD LION / THE BOY BATHING / THE QUACK FROG / THE SWOLLEN FOX; lines 1997-2009 high Overeating Leads To Entrapment record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE OXEN AND THE AXLETREES / THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS / THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING / THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE; lines 2155-2165 high Boastful Comparison Followed By Reversal record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE PEACOCK AND JUNO / THE BEAR AND THE FOX / THE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANT / THE OX AND THE FROG; lines 2481-2495 high Small Creature Destroyed By Misjudging Size Or Capacity record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE SLAVE AND THE LION / THE FLEA AND THE MAN / THE BEE AND JUPITER / THE OAK AND THE REEDS; lines 1609-1619 high Strong Figure Defeated, Frail Figures Endure record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE STAG AND THE LION / THE IMPOSTOR / THE DOGS AND THE HIDES / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS; lines 4729-4754 high Self Destructive Overreaching For An Inaccessible Object record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL / THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL / THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT / THE FOX AND THE MONKEY; lines 1427-1441 high Boasting When Detection Is Impossible record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE STAG WITH ONE EYE / THE FLY AND THE DRAUGHT-MULE / THE COCK AND THE JEWEL / THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD; lines 3248-3260 medium False Security Created By Delayed Harm record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPER / THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS / THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS / THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION; lines 4041-4057 medium Boastful Comparison Overturned By Events record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE / THE KID ON THE HOUSETOP / THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL / THE VAIN JACKDAW; lines 2249-2266 high Borrowed Finery Exposed record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE WITCH / THE OLD MAN AND DEATH / THE MISER / THE FOXES AND THE RIVER; lines 5029-5043 high Boastful Courage Exposed By Danger record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING / THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL / THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL / THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT; lines 1415-1424 medium Destructive Pride In Conflict record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE WOLVES, THE SHEEP, AND THE RAM / THE SWAN / THE SNAKE AND JUPITER / THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW; lines 4609-4631 high Exaggerated Self Image Leading To Destruction record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1623-1702 high Successive Declining Generations Of Humanity record
Phaedrus Phaedrus / PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE.; lines 1210-1298 medium Decline From Cultural Flowering Into Waste And Decay record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21729-21864 high Boast Before Combat Followed By Decisive Defeat record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15278-15360 high Hero Warned To Limit Pursuit But Exceeds Bounds record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15362-15506 high Limited Mission With Forbidden Overreach record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25487-25616 high Boastful Contestant Humbled In Combat record
The Iliad THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 11901-12024 high Doomed Warrior Ignores Prudent Counsel record
The Iliad The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 752-823 medium Heroic Wrath With Destructive Consequences record
The Odyssey BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 3900-3994 high Rejected Prudent Escape Counsel record
The Odyssey ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6733-6832 high Warning Against Arrogant Suitors record
The Republic BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 20259-20385 high Ordered Decline Of Regimes record
The Republic BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 20815-20973 medium Fear Driven Conversion From Honor To Wealth record
The Republic BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 21268-21405 high Intoxication By Freedom Leading To Tyranny record
The Republic BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 21563-21745 high Protector Transformed Into Tyrant record
The Republic BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 21563-21745 high Ruler Sustains Power Through Manufactured War record
The Republic BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 21842-21983 high Corruption Into Tyranny Through Seduction And Implanted Passion record
The Republic BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 22137-22315 high Isolated Master Fearing Revolt Of Dependents record
The Republic BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 22317-22464 high Tyrant As Slave Of Inner Desires record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1265-1334 high Luxury Produces Conflict record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 165-251 medium Ordered Decline From Ideal Order To Tyranny record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1854-1938 medium Protector Corrupted Into Predator Tyrant record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 3432-3506 high Corruption Of The Best Nature record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4309-4393 high Tyranny As Disease Or Death Of Government record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4395-4476 high Decline Through Corrupted Generation record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4687-4772 high Decline From Ideal Order Through Successive Corrupt Forms record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4774-4869 high Constitutional And Ethical Decline record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4774-4869 high Excess As Cause Of Decay record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4774-4869 high Tyrant As Embodiment Of Lawless Wickedness record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4871-4959 high Political Degeneration Expressed Through Animal And Monster Imagery record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5050-5130 medium Decline Across Generations Into Tyranny record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5132-5213 high Desire Ruling The Self record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5132-5213 high Isolated Master Becomes Fearful Captive record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6352-6417 medium Decline From Ideal Order Into Timocratic Militarism record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 8316-8399 high Inversion Of Luxury Into Shame Or Bondage record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

11 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Fatal Disregard Of A Guiding Middle Path (1), Attempted Restraint Increases Destructive Anger (1), Boast Of Many Children Against A Divine Rival (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV. This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6231-6312 high Missed Decisive Victory Through Rage For Slaughter record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7690-7774 high Fatal Pursuit Of Splendid Spoils record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK THE FIRST. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 947-1039 high Hidden Subterranean Wealth Unleashes Vice And War record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4608-4685 high Hunter Becomes Hunted record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9593-9653 high Boast Of Many Children Against A Divine Rival record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9128-9209 high Mortal Challenges Deity In Craft Contest record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4054-4143 high Personified Envy Infects A Human Heart record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5454-5504 medium Attempted Restraint Increases Destructive Anger record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1067-1126 high Boastful Challenger Immediately Destroyed record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6157-6253 medium Wealth Transformed Into Golden Touch Legend record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 814-896 high Fatal Disregard Of A Guiding Middle Path record
Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

10 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Ambitious Courtier Betrays Benefactor (1), Fallen Royal Glory And Animal Occupied Ruins (1), False Self Exaltation Of A Small Creature (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and The Mesnevi. This is a deterministic summary of 10 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mesnevi IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE. / VIII. / XIII.; lines 13168-13281 medium Prideful Beings Attempt To Bridge Heaven And Earth record
The Mesnevi OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7777-7886 high False Self Exaltation Of A Small Creature record
The Persian Mystics: Jámí OCCUPATION ENNOBLED BY A GREAT MAN / THIRD GARDEN / WISE MAXIMS / THE DOWNFALL OF THE MIGHTY; lines 1820-1837 high Precarious Height And Downfall Of The Powerful record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam ANALYSIS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD'S QUATRAINS / XIII. / XVII. / XVIII.; lines 2536-2605 high Impermanence Of Royal Glory record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam EXPLANATION OF THE REFERENCES IN THE FOLLOWING PARALLELS / ANALYSIS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD'S QUATRAINS / XIII. / XVII.; lines 2518-2533 high Impermanence Of Worldly Power record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam PAGE 7. / PAGE 7. / IN THE NOTES. / XVIII.; lines 4435-4470 high Impermanence Of Royal Grandeur record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 11733-11935 high Vanished Kings And The Ruin Of Worldly Power record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 14245-14433 high Ruined Splendor Questioning Vanished Power record
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM; lines 10912-11004 high Ambitious Courtier Betrays Benefactor record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam VIII. / XIII. / XVII. / XVIII.; lines 1107-1144 high Fallen Royal Glory And Animal Occupied Ruins record
Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

8 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Human Imitation Of Celestial Paradise Followed By Heavenly Destruction (1), Humbling Of Overconfident Believers (1), Envy As Harmful Force (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 8 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1301-1350 medium Fall Of Overconfident Monumental Work record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER CXIII. / ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CXIV.; lines 39448-39466 high Envy As Harmful Force record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER LXXXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38412-38514 medium Human Imitation Of Celestial Paradise Followed By Heavenly Destruction record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 15718-15805 high Fire And Clay Hierarchy Claim record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28371-28433 medium Wealth Leading To Insolence And Admonition record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IX.; lines 17903-17958 medium Humbling Of Overconfident Believers record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVIII. / ENTITLED, S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31403-31487 high Rejection Of A Divine Warner By Proud Opponents record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 16430-16570 high Proud Adversary Refuses Divine Command record
Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

7 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Temptation Through Royal Wealth And Power (1), Boastful Demon King Displays Cosmic And Royal Power (1), Pleasure Causing Neglect Of Duty (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki Book I, Canto XLIV: The Descent Of Gangá medium Pride Humbled In Divine Containment record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XI. The Banquet Hall. / Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove.; lines 45934-46112 high Temptation Through Royal Wealth And Power record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XIV. The Challenge. / Canto XXVI. The Coronation. / Canto XXVIII. The Rains. / Canto XXXI. The Envoy.; lines 41959-42084 high Pleasure Causing Neglect Of Duty record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.; lines 51137-51279 medium Refused Counsel Before Destructive War record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31514-31632 high Wise Counsel Rejected Before Foretold Ruin record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31747-31890 high Wise Warning Rejected Before Ruin record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest.; lines 32764-32932 high Boastful Demon King Displays Cosmic And Royal Power record
Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Destructive Passion Leading To Death (1), False Champion Exposed By Real Danger (1), Pride From Temporary Wealth Before A Fall (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 and The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF THE MEASURE OF RICE. / END OF THE STORY ABOUT TRUE DIVINITY. / END OF THE STORY ON A HAPPY LIFE. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BANYAN DEER.; lines 9749-9823 high Destructive Passion Leading To Death record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 17304-17417 high Pride From Temporary Wealth Before A Fall record
More Jataka Tales THE OTTERS AND THE WOLF / HOW THE MONKEY SAVED HIS TROOP / THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDS / THE BRAVE LITTLE BOWMAN; lines 1000-1096 high False Champion Exposed By Real Danger record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL / THE BOLD BEGGAR / THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO / THE LION AND THE BOAR; lines 2268-2355 high Prideful Weak Animal Challenges Stronger Animal record
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 medium Pride Leading To Loss record
Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Death Through Envy After Surpassing Warriors (1), Boastful Recounting Of Past Victories To Silence Challengers (1), Derisive Boast Provokes Vengeance (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS; lines 9960-10071 high Death Through Envy After Surpassing Warriors record
Gods and Fighting Men PART ONE: THE GODS. / BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE TUATHA DE DANAAN. / CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES; lines 966-1069 high Superior Healer Slain By Jealous Healer record
Heroic Romances of Ireland MAC DATHO'S BOAR / INTRODUCTION / MAC DATHO'S BOAR / FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.); lines 2317-2464 high Boastful Recounting Of Past Victories To Silence Challengers record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 13565-13687 high Derisive Boast Provokes Vengeance record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 13565-13687 high Warning Before Battle Is Ignored Or Belittled record
Japanese

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Japanese, this family appears through Envious Imitation Of A Beneficent Marvel Fails (1), Fortunate Removal Contrasted With Failed Imitation (1), Public Success Produces Jealous Hostility (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Japanese Fairy Tales THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER; lines 4529-4625 high Greedy Imitation Brings Worthless Result record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER; lines 4627-4745 high Greedy Imitator Misuses Or Destroys A Wonder Working Object record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER; lines 4747-4816 high Envious Imitation Of A Beneficent Marvel Fails record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7122-7243 high Fortunate Removal Contrasted With Failed Imitation record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1946-2051 high Public Success Produces Jealous Hostility record
Persian

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Persian, this family appears through Endurance Of A Record Contrasted With Daily Transience (1), Insatiable Greed (1), Pride As Brief Rule Followed By Downfall/dissolution (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan and Persian Literature, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Persian Literature, Volume 1 XXIII / XLIII / LXIII / LXXVII; lines 16308-16324 low Endurance Of A Record Contrasted With Daily Transience record
Persian Literature, Volume 1 XXIII / XLIII / LXIII / LXXVII; lines 16308-16324 medium Pride As Brief Rule Followed By Downfall/dissolution record
The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan LXXVI / LXXVII / LXXVIII / LXXXI; lines 4553-4571 high Death Pursuing The Wealth Seeker record
The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan SA'DI / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I / XVIII; lines 892-983 high Delayed Revenge After Fall From Power record
The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan XVIII. / CHAPTER VI / CHAPTER VII / XVIII; lines 3846-3931 medium Insatiable Greed record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Fame Seeking Destruction Of A Sacred Building By Fire (1), Envy As Possession Leading To Obstruction (1), Jealous Master Destroys Talented Pupil (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome CERES. / APHRODITE (VENUS). / VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL).; lines 2071-2157 high Rash Request To Wield Divine Power record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3894-3936 high Envy As Possession Leading To Obstruction record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome SELENE (LUNA). / ARTEMIS (DIANA). / ARCADIAN ARTEMIS. / EPHESIAN ARTEMIS.; lines 2926-2974 high Fame Seeking Destruction Of A Sacred Building By Fire record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6834-6902 high Jealous Master Destroys Talented Pupil record
Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Boast Answered By Supernatural Opposition (1), Envious Rival Prepares A Poisoned Ambush (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3496-3685 high Envious Rival Prepares A Poisoned Ambush record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6913-7085 high Boast Answered By Supernatural Opposition record
Ainu

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Ainu, this family appears through Disrespect Before Failed Imitation (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aino Folk-Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aino Folk-Tales INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1476-1571 medium Disrespect Before Failed Imitation record
Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Artisan Excellence Provoking Envy And Murder Plot (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7208-7299 high Artisan Excellence Provoking Envy And Murder Plot record
Daoist

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Daoist, this family appears through Counterproductive Remedy Intensifies The Problem (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER III. / NOURISHMENT OF THE SOUL. / CHAPTER IV. / MAN AMONG MEN.; lines 2137-2265 high Counterproductive Remedy Intensifies The Problem record
Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Tyrant's Generalized Vengeance After Betrayal (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 196-317 high Tyrant's Generalized Vengeance After Betrayal record
Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Kinslaying For A Hoard (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9862-9984 high Kinslaying For A Hoard record
Converges

Shared Structure

The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Greek leans toward Boast Before Combat Followed By Decisive Defeat; Sufi leans toward Ambitious Courtier Betrays Benefactor; Celtic Welsh leans toward Artisan Excellence Provoking Envy And Murder Plot; Roman leans toward Fatal Disregard Of A Guiding Middle Path; Finnish/Karelian leans toward Boast Answered By Supernatural Opposition; Hindu leans toward Temptation Through Royal Wealth And Power.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.
ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 7 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 79 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 79 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 5 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 7 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 8 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 5 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 1 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 1 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 2 tagged occurrences