FableNº 319

The God of War and Violence

All the gods having decided to marry, each took the wife that the lot assigned him. The god of war, having been left for the last draw, found only Violence remaining. He fell madly in love with her and married her. That is why he accompanies her everywhere she goes.

Wherever violence appears, in a city or among nations, war and battles follow at once behind it.

Moral

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