Motif
false security created by delayed harm
false_security_created_by_delayed_harm
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Self-Defeating Remedies and Choices. 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 STAG WITH ONE EYE / THE FLY AND THE DRAUGHT-MULE / THE COCK AND THE JEWEL / THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD; lines 3248-3260 confidence: medium
A wolf stayed near a flock of sheep for a long time and did not attempt to molest them.
The wolf’s long period of inaction leads the shepherd to lower his guard before the wolf attacks once the shepherd is absent.
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