Escaped lamb delivers himself to shepherd rather than to slaughter — Mythoi

Motif

Escaped lamb delivers himself to shepherd rather than to slaughter.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice between evils. · view the constellation · filed as J217.1

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 71 (ET 354), 115 (ST 252)
general Halm Aesop No. 377.

Within the index

Filed under Captivity preferred to death.

Filed beside it

Unsatisfactory life preferred to death Discontented ass longs for death but changes mind when he sees skins of dead asses at a fair

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