Canute
(en)
referring to an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great, in which he demonstrates to his 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
His problems? No one cared. They were the great green tide, and he was just another fat Canute, foolish and alone.
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