Motif
vessel fitted to one body excludes another
vessel_fitted_to_one_body_excludes_another
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Flawed, Insatiable, and Trapping Vessels. 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 MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS / THE GOODS AND THE ILLS / THE HARES AND THE FROGS / THE FOX AND THE STORK; lines 1342-1353 confidence: high
“A Fox invited a Stork to dinner,” where the only fare is “a large flat dish of soup.”
The flat dish favors the Fox’s way of eating and excludes the Stork; the narrow-necked pitcher favors the Stork’s bill and excludes the Fox.
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