Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

animal court mimicking human kingship

animal_court_mimicking_human_kingship

A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. 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 OAK AND THE REEDS / THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB / THE BOY AND THE SNAILS / THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS; lines 1647-1668 confidence: high

    The travellers come to the land of Apes, and the King of the Apes orders them brought before him.

    The apes have a king, subjects, throne, formal reception, and royal rewards and punishments.

    read in the book