Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

paired encounter between human and animal figures

paired_encounter_between_human_and_animal_figures

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 DOG AND THE COOK / THE MONKEY AS KING / THE THIEVES AND THE COCK / THE FARMER AND FORTUNE; lines 302-340 confidence: medium

    Titles in the passage include human-animal pairings: bear/travellers, slave/lion, flea/man, blind man/cub, boy/snails, apes/two travellers, fox/goat, fisherman/sprat, and dog/cook.

    Multiple titles pair human figures with animal figures.

    read in the book