Motif
voice exposes false identity
voice_exposes_false_identity
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Signs and Recognition. 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 MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK / THE BOY AND THE NETTLES / THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREE / THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS; lines 2059-2072 confidence: high
As long as the jackdaw remains silent, the pigeons do not suspect that he is not one of them.
The jackdaw is accepted while silent, but his chattering reveals that he is not a pigeon.
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