Motif
Bad company leads a stronger figure into danger
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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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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 accepts this Wolf after the Wolf calls him "Great Lion."
The Wolf flatters the Lion, encourages him to take horse-meat, and the Lion's ensuing actions bring about his death.
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