Motif
violated protection followed by vengeance
violated_protection_followed_by_vengeance
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE BAT, THE BRAMBLE, AND THE SEAGULL / THE DOG AND THE WOLF / THE WASP AND THE SNAKE / THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE; lines 4392-4426 confidence: medium
The beetle warns the eagle not to touch the hare under its protection, but the eagle ignores the small beetle, seizes the hare, and eats her.
The hare is under the beetle's protection, the eagle violates that protection by eating the hare, and the beetle retaliates against the eagle's offspring.
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