Motif
boast answered by bodily comparison
boast_answered_by_bodily_comparison
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Comparative Boasts and Humbling. 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 MICE IN COUNCIL / THE BAT AND THE WEASELS / THE DOG AND THE SOW / THE FOX AND THE CROW; lines 1049-1070 confidence: medium
A Dog and a Sow argue over whose young are finer; the Sow says hers can see at birth while the Dog's are born blind.
The Dog and Sow dispute superiority of offspring, and the Sow answers by contrasting sight and blindness at birth.
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