Motif
Mockery of cowardice after failed bravado
mockery_of_cowardice_after_failed_bravado
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Borrowed Status and Exposed Bravado. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL / THE MULE / THE HOUND AND THE FOX / THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS; lines 3946-3974 confidence: high
A fox jeers: "There goes the coward who chased a lion and ran away the moment he roared!"
The fox jeers at the hound for chasing a lion and running away when it roared.
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