The paper deals with three similar tales - Of too much Pride, the story about Emperor Jovinian from Gesta Romanorum (Oesterley, 1872), Story of Tsar Aggey and how he Suf?fered for Pride (Afanasev, Narodnye russkie legendy, 1859), Asa (Danicic, Three Old Tales, 1872). Asa, third king Kingdom Judah (2 Chronicles 14-16), is preserved in only one Serbian-Slavonic manuscript end 16th century (now Pa...