Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

found writing with contents suited to one hearer but not another

found_writing_with_contents_suited_to_one_hearer_but_not_another

A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Revelation and Scripture. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE CRAB AND THE FOX / THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER / THE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKS / THE ASS AND THE DOG; lines 4142-4156 confidence: medium

    An Ass and a Dog travel together, find a sealed packet on the ground, and the Ass opens it and begins reading the writing aloud.

    A found packet is read aloud; its contents concern fodder favored by Asses, while the Dog seeks different contents and loses interest.

    read in the book