Motif
Benefactor becomes predator
benefactor_becomes_predator
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family, within the sub-family Protector Betrayal and Protective-Role Inversion. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
persian
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan XVIII / XXIII / XXVII / XXVIII; lines 1816-1882 confidence: high
A parable says a mighty man rescued a sheep from a wolf, but later cut the sheep's throat; the sheep reproached him for proving to be a wolf himself.
The sheep says the man who saved it from a wolf later proved a wolf himself by slaughtering it.
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