Motif
unchanged nature despite changed form
unchanged_nature_despite_changed_form
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Bodies and Soul Transmigration. 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 PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS / THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS / THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION / THE ANT; lines 4060-4073 confidence: high
"though their forms were changed, their nature remained the same"
The passage explicitly states that their forms changed but their nature remained the same, and the moral says a thief's bent remains despite punishment.
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