Motif
Divine boon limited by unintended consequence
divine_boon_limited_by_unintended_consequence
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness 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 BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS / THE SLAVE AND THE LION / THE FLEA AND THE MAN / THE BEE AND JUPITER; lines 1593-1606 confidence: high
The Queen Bee asks for stings to kill honey robbers; Jupiter is displeased because he loves mankind but says bees will have stings because he gave his word.
Jupiter grants the requested stings after giving his word, but gives them in a form that kills the bee using them.
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