Motif
predator invents pretext against weaker victim
predator_invents_pretext_against_weaker_victim
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Baits, Traps, and Predatory Lures. 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
A wolf finds a lamb straying from the flock and looks for a plausible excuse to kill so helpless a creature.
The wolf seeks a plausible excuse before killing the lamb and makes accusations that the lamb refutes.
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