μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Association of strong and weak.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Association of swan and swallow: swan unable to fly away from dangerAssociating with a bad friend is fatal: swan and crow. Swan is blamed when crow drops filth
Filed beside it
Subordination of weak to strongStupid fear company of cleverWeak fear company of strongAssociation 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 quarrel

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