Motif
abandonment after rejected aid
abandonment_after_rejected_aid
A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF / THE LION, JUPITER, AND THE ELEPHANT / THE PIG AND THE SHEEP / THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG; lines 4284-4294 confidence: medium
The dog bites his master as soon as he comes within reach and hurts him considerably.
After being bitten during the rescue attempt, the gardener leaves the dog to his fate.
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