Motif
bad company leading to downfall
bad_company_leading_to_downfall
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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More Jataka Tales THE BRAVE LITTLE BOWMAN / THE FOOLHARDY WOLF / THE STOLEN PLOW / THE LION IN BAD COMPANY; lines 1241-1305 confidence: high
The young Lion had been told by his father and mother not to make friends with Wolves, but after the Wolf calls him “Great Lion,” he decides this Wolf is different and brings him to the den.
The young Lion takes in the Wolf despite warnings; the Wolf encourages him toward taking horse-meat, and the Lion’s repeated killing of royal ponies leads to his death.
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