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The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great, recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon. In the story, Canute demonstrates to his flattering courtiers that he has no control over the elements (the incoming tide), explaining that secular power is vain compared to the supreme power of God. The episode is frequently alluded to in contexts where the futility of "trying to stop the tide" of an inexorable event is pointed out, but usually misrepresenting Canute as believing he had supernatural powers, when Huntingdon's story in fact relates the opposite.

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  • The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great, recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon. In the story, Canute demonstrates to his flattering courtiers that he has no control over the elements (the incoming tide), explaining that secular power is vain compared to the supreme power of God. The episode is frequently alluded to in contexts where the futility of "trying to stop the tide" of an inexorable event is pointed out, but usually misrepresenting Canute as believing he had supernatural powers, when Huntingdon's story in fact relates the opposite. (en)
  • La leggenda di Canuto e la marea è un aneddoto apocrifo che illustra la pietà o l'umiltà del re Canuto il Grande, riportata nel XII secolo da Enrico di Huntingdon. Secondo la leggenda, Canuto dimostrò ai cortigiani che lo lusingavano di non avere alcun controllo sugli elementi (la marea in arrivo), spiegando che il potere secolare è vano rispetto al potere supremo di Dio. L'episodio è spesso accennato in contesti in cui si sottolinea l'inutilità di cercare di fermare un evento inesorabile, ma di solito rappresentando Canuto come se credesse di avere poteri soprannaturali, quando la storia di Huntingdon narra in realtà al contrario. (it)
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  • Canute’s exercise on the seashore was designed to persuade his courtiers of what he knew to be true but they doubted, ie, that he was not omnipotent. Don’t imply he was surprised to get his feet wet. (en)
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  • The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great, recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon. In the story, Canute demonstrates to his flattering courtiers that he has no control over the elements (the incoming tide), explaining that secular power is vain compared to the supreme power of God. The episode is frequently alluded to in contexts where the futility of "trying to stop the tide" of an inexorable event is pointed out, but usually misrepresenting Canute as believing he had supernatural powers, when Huntingdon's story in fact relates the opposite. (en)
  • La leggenda di Canuto e la marea è un aneddoto apocrifo che illustra la pietà o l'umiltà del re Canuto il Grande, riportata nel XII secolo da Enrico di Huntingdon. Secondo la leggenda, Canuto dimostrò ai cortigiani che lo lusingavano di non avere alcun controllo sugli elementi (la marea in arrivo), spiegando che il potere secolare è vano rispetto al potere supremo di Dio. L'episodio è spesso accennato in contesti in cui si sottolinea l'inutilità di cercare di fermare un evento inesorabile, ma di solito rappresentando Canuto come se credesse di avere poteri soprannaturali, quando la storia di Huntingdon narra in realtà al contrario. (it)
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  • Leggenda di Canuto e la marea (it)
  • King Canute and the tide (en)
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