Oil lamp blown out: had thought that it outshone stars — Mythoi

Motif

Oil lamp blown out: had thought that it outshone stars.

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Pride brought low – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as L475

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 75 (ET 409), 93 (ST 64)
general Halm Aesop No. 285.

Within the index

Filed under Pride brought low – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Stag scorns his legs but is proud of his horns. Caught by his horns in trees Fox destroys nest of bird who boasts of nest's warmth The mule's double ancestry. When well fed says, "My mother was a thoroughbred horse." Later, hard worked, says, "My father was a miserable ass." The man scorns the storm: killed by it Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder Pride or wealth of man brought low by actions of gods Jackal singing about his deeds falls down from tree and is eaten by alligator Gnats having overcome lion are in turn killed by spider Men too prosperous (happy): things are made more difficult

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