Motif
animal behavior explained by an origin story
animal_behavior_explained_by_an_origin_story
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS / THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS / THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION / THE ANT; lines 4060-4073 confidence: high
Ants were once men and made their living by tilling the soil.
The fable explains present-day ant behavior as the continuation of the former men's habit of gathering and storing others' produce.
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