Motif
Predator loses prey by abandoning proper role
predator_loses_prey_by_abandoning_proper_role
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Predation, Pursuit, and Prey Defenses. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE LABOURER AND THE SNAKE / THE CAGE-BIRD AND THE BAT / THE ASS AND HIS PURCHASER / THE KID AND THE WOLF; lines 3872-3886 confidence: high
"my trade is the butcher's, and I had no business to turn piper to please you."
The wolf himself states that he deserved the outcome because his trade was the butcher's and he had no business becoming a piper.
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