Serpent

The serpent is the fable's cold heart. Warmed in a man's bosom, it bites the hand that saved it. It offers Zeus a rose from a mouth no one trusts. Even its tail rebels against its head, to the ruin of both. Where it appears, kindness is spent on the incurable.

1. Nº 33The Fox and the Serpent→
2. Nº 81The Ploughman and the Serpent That Killed His Son→
3. Nº 82The Ploughman and the Frozen Serpent→
4. Nº 122Zeus and the Serpent→
5. Nº 135The Kite and the Serpent→
6. Nº 167The Crow and the Serpent→
7. Nº 289The Serpent, the Weasel, and the Rats→
8. Nº 290The Serpent and the Crab→
9. Nº 291The Serpent Trampled Underfoot→
10. Nº 331The Wasp and the Serpent→
11. Nº 347The Swallow and the Serpent→