Aesop’s Frog and Scorpion is not like this. The Frog doesn’t go around betraying others in turn; he is simply betrayed, as a victim and not a victimizer. Likewise the Farmer and the Viper.
Doug’s Russian story, on the other hand, does indeed fit the pattern. But so long as we’re arguing from anecdotes anyway—consider what’s currently happening to Russia! At the very least, it’s not exactly contrary evidence.
Robin, the folktale was selected via a completely biased mechanism but there are other Hausa folktales in the linked book on Google Books.
Aesop’s Frog and Scorpion is not like this. The Frog doesn’t go around betraying others in turn; he is simply betrayed, as a victim and not a victimizer. Likewise the Farmer and the Viper.
Doug’s Russian story, on the other hand, does indeed fit the pattern. But so long as we’re arguing from anecdotes anyway—consider what’s currently happening to Russia! At the very least, it’s not exactly contrary evidence.
Robin, the folktale was selected via a completely biased mechanism but there are other Hausa folktales in the linked book on Google Books.