Motif
weak creature able to affect strong creature
weak_creature_able_to_affect_strong_creature
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Rivalries, Imitation, and Small-over-Large Victories. 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 BY G. K. CHESTERTON / AND ILLUSTRATIONS / BY ARTHUR RACKHAM / INTRODUCTION; lines 175-222 confidence: medium
The passage lists fable examples: a stream cannot befoul its fountain; a mouse cannot fight a lion but can overcome lion-binding cords; a fox may gain from a flat dish and lose from a deep one; a crow denied song receives cheese; a goat's insult from a mountain-top is attributed to the mountain.
The mouse is described as unable to fight the lion but able to overcome the cords that hold the lion.
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