Motif
Predator profits from another’s misfortune
predator_profits_from_another_s_misfortune
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE BOY BATHING / THE QUACK FROG / THE SWOLLEN FOX / THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK; lines 2012-2026 confidence: medium
A Hawk sees the Mouse, descends, and seizes him in its talons.
The Hawk finds the drowned Mouse, seizes him, and also consumes the Frog because the Frog remains bound to the Mouse.
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