Motif
treacherous abandonment leading to vengeance
treacherous_abandonment_leading_to_vengeance
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE; lines 8343-8434 confidence: high
A water-snake rises above the water; Puff-jaw dives to the lake bottom to escape death and leaves the mouse, who sinks and rises until his wet fur weighs him down.
Crumb-snatcher says Puff-jaw tricked and cast him into the water, and predicts divine notice and punishment by the host of Mice.
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