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
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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.
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