Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

animal skin as covering or assumed appearance

animal_skin_as_covering_or_assumed_appearance

A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation 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 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 ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN”; “THE BOY BATHING”; “THE DOG IN THE MANGER”; “THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING”; “KING LOG”

    The heading “The Ass in the Lion’s Skin” names an ass together with a lion’s skin.

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