Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

animal and shadow counterpart

animal_and_shadow_counterpart

A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Counterpart figures, shadows, and divine personifications. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL / THE FOX AND THE LION / THE DOG AND THE SHADOW / THE BEAR AND THE FOX; lines 829-873 confidence: low

    “THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL ... THE FOX AND THE LION ... THE DOG AND THE SHADOW ... THE BEAR AND THE FOX”

    The title The Dog and the Shadow pairs a dog with a shadow.

    read in the book