Motif
Many tricks overcome by one effective trick
many_tricks_overcome_by_one_effective_trick
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Escapes from Captors and Countertraps. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS / THE TAKING OF OECHALIA / THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES; lines 8294-8325 confidence: high
"The fox knows many a wile; but the hedge-hogs one trick can beat them all."
The proverb contrasts the fox's many wiles with the hedgehog's one trick that can beat them all.
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