Motif
seeming gain becomes fatal danger
seeming_gain_becomes_fatal_danger
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Self-Defeating Remedies and Choices. 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 DEMADES AND HIS FABLE / THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN / THE CROW AND THE SNAKE / THE DOGS AND THE FOX; lines 4517-4534 confidence: high
A hungry crow finds a sleeping snake in a sunny spot, carries it away in its claws to eat it, and is fatally bitten by the poisonous snake.
The crow treats the snake as food and a fortunate find, but the captured snake fatally poisons it.
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