Motif
Defeated rival gains by another's downfall
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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 TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE / THE LION AND THE BULL / THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE / THE EAGLE AND THE COCKS; lines 3127-3150 confidence: high
In 'The Eagle and the Cocks,' two Cocks fight in the same farmyard for mastery; the beaten one hides in a dark corner, while the victor flies to the stable roof and crows.
The beaten Cock hides, but after the victorious Cock is carried off, he comes out and rules without a rival.
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