Motif
Plea for mercy rejected after weighing benefit against harm
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Repentance and Mercy. 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 EAGLE AND THE BEETLE / THE FOWLER AND THE LARK / THE FISHERMAN PIPING / THE WEASEL AND THE MAN; lines 4457-4467 confidence: high
The weasel begged for its life, saying it had cleared the man's house of mice and lizards and asking to be spared out of gratitude.
The captured weasel asks to be spared because it cleared pests, but the man cites greater damage and refuses mercy.
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