Motif
changed outward form but unchanged inner nature
changed_outward_form_but_unchanged_inner_nature
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. 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 PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS / THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS / THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION / THE ANT; lines 4060-4073 confidence: high
Jupiter becomes angry at the men’s covetousness and changes them into ants; the passage says their forms changed.
The passage explicitly states that their forms changed but their nature remained the same, and the moral repeats that punishment does not remove the thief’s bent.
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