Motif
fugitive hides in a place that fits his punishment or labor
fugitive_hides_in_a_place_that_fits_his_punishment_or_labor
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. 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 LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAG / THE MAN WHO LOST HIS SPADE / THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLER / THE RUNAWAY SLAVE; lines 5144-5163 confidence: medium
The slave hopes to avoid capture by slipping into a treadmill and hiding there.
The runaway slave hides in a treadmill, and the master says that is the very place for him.
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