Motif
Consolation in enemy's equal ruin
consolation_in_enemy_s_equal_ruin
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 WOLF AND THE CRANE / THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW / THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP / THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN; lines 3016-3038 confidence: high
"he who is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate."
The tunny-fish says he does not mind dying because the cause of his death will die too.
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