Motif
capture caused by revealing voice
capture_caused_by_revealing_voice
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Magic Through Speech and Name. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE TREES AND THE AXE / THE ASTRONOMER / THE LABOURER AND THE SNAKE / THE CAGE-BIRD AND THE BAT; lines 3836-3850 confidence: medium
The bird says she sings only at night because when she once sang in daytime a fowler heard her, set nets, and caught her.
The bird reports that daytime singing attracted the fowler, who set nets and caught her.
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