Motif
power ignores innocence and consumes victim
power_ignores_innocence_and_consumes_victim
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE DOG AND THE SOW / THE FOX AND THE CROW / THE HORSE AND THE GROOM / THE WOLF AND THE LAMB; lines 1073-1097 confidence: high
The wolf accuses the lamb of a prior insult, feeding in his pastures, and drinking from his spring; the lamb replies that it was not born then, has not tasted grass, and has drunk only its mother's milk.
After the lamb answers the accusations, the wolf states he will not go without dinner and devours it.
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