Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

hidden provisions discovered by an animal

hidden_provisions_discovered_by_an_animal

A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Rescues, Guides, and Provisions. 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 OLD LION / THE BOY BATHING / THE QUACK FROG / THE SWOLLEN FOX; lines 1997-2009 confidence: medium

    A hungry fox finds bread and meat in a hollow tree; shepherds had put the food there for their return.

    The fox finds bread and meat that shepherds had stored in the hollow tree for later use.

    read in the book