Motif
betrayal of a protector
betrayal_of_a_protector
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.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE EAGLE, THE JACKDAW, AND THE SHEPHERD / THE WOLF AND THE BOY / THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS / THE STAG AND THE VINE; lines 3605-3618 confidence: high
"I deserve my fate for my treachery in feeding upon the leaves of my protector."
The stag identifies the vine as his protector and calls his feeding on its leaves treachery.
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