The Weasel and Aphrodite
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The Weasel and Aphrodite, also known as Venus and the Cat, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 50 in the Perry Index. A fable on the cynic theme of the constancy of one's nature, it serves as a caution
Grandville's illustration to La Fontaine's fable
Cat becomes a woman by Wenceslas Hollar, 1668
Jean-François Millet's drawing of The Cat Changed into a Woman
Sculpture of Jean de la Fontaine's "The Cat changed into a Woman" by Ferdinand Faivre.
The Honest Woodcutter
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The Honest Woodcutter, also known as Mercury and the Woodman and The Golden Axe, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 173 in the Perry Index. It serves as a cautionary tale on the need for cultivating h
The Weasel and Aphrodite
…Zeus and the Tortoise The Honest Woodcutter The North Wind and the Sun…
Grandville's illustration to La Fontaine's fable
A Victorian etching of Salvator Rosa's Mercury and the dishonest woodman