Motif
distant weapon as messenger of greater power
distant_weapon_as_messenger_of_greater_power
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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 MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS / THE STAG AND THE VINE / THE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLF / THE ARCHER AND THE LION; lines 3621-3646 confidence: high
The archer shoots and hits the lion, saying, 'There, you see what my messenger can do.'
The archer wounds the lion with an arrow, calls it his messenger, and the lion infers that the sender is even more dangerous.
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