Motif
deceiver destroyed by his own disguise
deceiver_destroyed_by_his_own_disguise
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Identity Disguises and Concealed Status. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE GOODS AND THE ILLS / THE HARES AND THE FROGS / THE FOX AND THE STORK / THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING; lines 1356-1366 confidence: high
The shepherd is completely deceived, and when the flock is penned for the night the wolf is shut in with the rest.
The wolf’s disguise succeeds in fooling the shepherd, but that same mistaken identity causes the shepherd to kill him as if he were a sheep.
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