Motif
Apparent weakness becomes advantage
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A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE OXEN AND THE AXLETREES / THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS / THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING / THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE; lines 2155-2165 confidence: high
The fable opens with an Olive-tree taunting a Fig-tree over the loss of her leaves at a certain season.
The Fig-tree’s bare branches are mocked as a deficiency but allow snow to pass harmlessly through, leading to survival and future fruitfulness.
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