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There are two Greek sources for this fable, giving conflicting interpretations. One describes how a fowler is so intent on preparing his bird-snares that he treads on a snake and dies from its bite. This story, we are assured, 'shows that when people plot against their neighbours, they fall victim to the same sort of plot themselves'.
The Crab and the Fox; The Cock and the Jewel; The Cock, the Dog and the Fox; The Crow and the Pitcher; The Crow and the Sheep; The Crow and the Snake; The Deer without a Heart; The Dog and Its Reflection; The Dog and the Sheep; The Dog and the Wolf; The Dogs and the Lion's Skin; The Dove and the Ant; The Eagle and the Beetle; The Eagle and the Fox
The Fox and the Weasel is a title used to cover a complex of fables in which a number of other animals figure in a story with the same basic situation involving the unfortunate effects of greed. Of Greek origin, it is counted as one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 24 in the Perry Index .
The fable of the Raven and the Scorpion engraved by Marcus Gheeraerts. The latter fable of the Raven and the Scorpion recommended itself as a moral device to the compilers of Emblem books. The earliest of these was Andrea Alciato, whose influential Emblemata was published in many formats and in several countries from 1531 onwards. [7]
A 19th century Minton tile illustrating the fable. The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index. There are early Latin and Greek versions and the fable may even have been portrayed on an ancient Greek vase. [1] The story is used as a warning against listening to flattery.
The moral drawn in Mediaeval Latin retellings of the fable such as those of Adémar de Chabannes and Romulus Anglicus [7] was that one should learn from the misfortunes of others, but it was also given a political slant by the additional comment that "it is easier to enter the house of a great lord than to get out of it", as William Caxton expressed it in his English version. [8]
The fable of "The Lion, the Bear and the Fox" figured as one of a series in the Copeland and Garrett period of late Spode pottery between 1830–79. The designs for these were taken from the illustrations in the 1793 edition of the Rev. Samuel Croxall's Fables of Aesop. [21]
The Fox and the Woodman is a cautionary story against hypocrisy included among Aesop's Fables and is numbered 22 in the Perry Index. [1] Although the same basic plot recurs, different versions have included a variety of participants.