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
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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.
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