Motif
Death by a weapon fitted with feathers of one's own kind
death_by_a_weapon_fitted_with_feathers_of_one_s_own_kind
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny 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 LION AND THE WILD ASS / THE MAN AND THE SATYR / THE IMAGE-SELLER / THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW; lines 2625-2635 confidence: high
As he dies, the eagle looks at the arrow and says it is more cruel that the arrow killing him is “winged with an Eagle's feathers.”
The dying eagle emphasizes that the arrow killing him is winged with eagle feathers.
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