μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Association of strong and weak.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Earthen and brazen pots in river. Brazen pot thinks that they should stay together for company. Earthen pot, however, fears approach of brazen potBuffalo refuses tiger's invitation to dinner. He sees fire prepared to cook him
Filed beside it
Subordination of weak to strongStupid fear company of cleverAssociation of rat with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed. The rat threatened by the weasel and the owl allies himself with a cat caught in a net. Saved by the cat, he rescues the cat with precaution and then prudently renounces further relations with herAssociation of cow and tiger: tiger eats cow as soon as she is hungryAssociation of tiger and crane. They soon quarrelAssociation of strong and weak – miscellaneous

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