Motif
avoid corrupting contact
avoid_corrupting_contact
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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 PIG AND THE SHEEP / THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG / THE RIVERS AND THE SEA / THE LION IN LOVE; lines 4297-4320 confidence: medium
"we are sweet and drinkable" before mingling with the Sea, after which the waters become "briny and unpalatable."
The Rivers' problem is presented as the result of mingling with the Sea, and the Sea's answer is simply to keep away to remain sweet.
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