Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

injured plant speaks against animal aggressor

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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal-Fable Households, Enmities, and Speaking Creatures. 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 SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG / THE LION AND THE THREE BULLS / THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER / THE GOAT AND THE VINE; lines 2811-2832 confidence: high

    A goat wanders in a vineyard and eats the tender shoots of a vine bearing fine bunches of grapes.

    The vine, whose shoots are eaten by the goat, directly addresses the goat about the harm done to it.

    read in the book