μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Self-righteousness punished.

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Arrogance repaid. · view the constellation · filed as L435

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Filed under Arrogance repaid.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Self-righteous hermit must do penance. He has said of a condemned man that he deserves his punishment Self-righteous woman punished. She has passed judgment on a girl who has a bastard Self-righteous tailor in heaven expelled. Throws God's footstool at an old woman thief on earth The beggar on the cross in place of Christ. Is made to leave the cross for his impatience concerning the sinners
Filed beside it
Arrogant mistress repaid in kind by her lover Impoverished husband begs from wife's new husband. He has formerly refused this man charity Arrogant farmer allows none to ride his precious horse without permission. He kills the man who does it, but is in revenge deprived of most of his goods

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