Motif
Animal pleads for life and is spared
animal_pleads_for_life_and_is_spared
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser 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 MISCHIEVOUS DOG / THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER / THE MICE IN COUNCIL / THE BAT AND THE WEASELS; lines 1032-1046 confidence: high
A bat is caught by a weasel who is an enemy of birds; the bat says it is a mouse, and the weasel releases it.
In both encounters the caught bat begs for its life and is released after persuading the captor.
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