Motif
animals perceive hidden treachery
animals_perceive_hidden_treachery
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
egyptian
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Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri: Second Series, XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty REMARKS / XIXTH DYNASTY / ANPU AND BATA. / REMARKS; lines 1022-1086 confidence: high
The passage describes Anpu's mistaken revenge, Bata's sympathy with cattle, and cows perceiving treachery; successive cows say the same thing.
Bata reads the feelings of his cattle, and the cows perceive the presence of treachery.
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