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- Beetle demands return of gold from God: must hum. In his overweening pride he hits fence and ever afterward has hummed. (Cf. A2426.3.1.) A2231.11
- Tabu: overweening pride. C770
- Overweening pride in good fortune forbidden. Man proud that he and his clan have never known unhappiness or want swallowed up by earth. C770.1
- Overweening ambition punished. L420
- Overweening ambition punished. Man sets self up as a god. L420.0.1
- Overweening punished. (Cf. Q552.19.1, Q582.5.) Q330