Architect commits suicide when he discovers that his pupil has surpassed him in skill

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Architect commits suicide when he discovers that his pupil has surpassed him in skill.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W181.2.2

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Filed under King kills architect after completion of great building, so that he may never again build one so great. (Cf. S161.0.1, W154.21.)

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Architect kills pupil who has surpassed him in skill

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