Motif
captured animal offers to betray its own kind
captured_animal_offers_to_betray_its_own_kind
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Predation, Pursuit, and Prey Defenses. 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 LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAG / THE MAN WHO LOST HIS SPADE / THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLER / THE RUNAWAY SLAVE; lines 5144-5163 confidence: high
The partridge says: "Do not kill me, but let me live" and promises to repay the fowler by "decoying other partridges into your nets."
The partridge asks for life in exchange for decoying other partridges into the fowler's nets.
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