Motif
animal theft followed by retaliatory trapping
animal_theft_followed_by_retaliatory_trapping
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 WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE / THE EAGLE AND THE COCKS / THE ESCAPED JACKDAW / THE FARMER AND THE FOX; lines 3167-3178 confidence: medium
A Farmer is annoyed because a Fox prowls around his yard at night and carries off his fowls.
The Fox steals fowls from the yard, after which the Farmer sets a trap and catches him.
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