Motif
test reveals unchanged nature
test_reveals_unchanged_nature
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 EAGLE AND THE COCKS / THE ESCAPED JACKDAW / THE FARMER AND THE FOX / VENUS AND THE CAT; lines 3181-3193 confidence: high
Venus decides to test whether the cat's habits changed with her form and releases a mouse in the room.
Venus tests whether the cat's habits changed; the transformed woman chases the mouse, revealing the old habit remains.
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