When doing the first lecture in sequential illustration, I thought of the story of the king commanding the waves to go back. From my memory, I thought it proved rather embarrassing for this king. However, the only reference to such a tale I've been able to find involves king Canute (perhaps a more commonly known spelling is Cnut)
King Canute's court thought he was "So great, he could command the tides of the sea to go back". King Canute sat on the shore and commanded the sea to advance no further. However, it of course, did not and continued. Canute told his court that whilst the deeds of kings might appear "great", their powers were nothing to God's.
So, not embarrasing at all. Rather clever actually.
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