Comparative mythology corpus

Self Destructive Overreaching For An Inaccessible Object

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE STAG AND THE LION / THE IMPOSTOR / THE DOGS AND THE HIDES / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS; lines 4729-4754 high Famished dogs see hides steeping in a river but cannot reach them because the water is too deep. record