# The Bramble — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Bramble in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a Bramble, the Bramble, The Bramble

**First appearance:** 0034-the-fir-tree-and-the-bramble

## Who they are

A thorny bush that argues with other plants about usefulness.

## Relationships

### [The Lion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/characters/the_lion)

_rivalry_

The Bramble (thorn bush) tangles and wounds the Lion, a minor but persistent natural adversary.

### [The Lion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/characters/the_lion)

_rivalry_

The Bramble (thorn bush) tangles and wounds the Lion, a minor but persistent natural adversary.

### [The Lion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/characters/the_lion)

_rivalry_

The Bramble (thorn bush) tangles and wounds the Lion, a minor but persistent natural adversary.

## In the story

### [The Fir-Tree and the Bramble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-fir-tree-and-the-bramble)

Responds wisely, pointing out the dangers of being too valuable.

### [The Pomegranate, the Apple-Tree, and the Bramble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-pomegranate-the-apple-tree-and-the-bramble)

Impertinently interrupts the quarrel between the Pomegranate and the Apple-tree, asserting itself despite its lowly status.

### [The Bat, the Bramble, and the Seagull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-bat-the-bramble-and-the-seagull)

Invested in clothes; now catches at passersby hoping to recover them.

### [The Fox and the Bramble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-fox-and-the-bramble)

The Bramble, which scratches the Fox, rebukes him for seeking help from one who naturally catches at others.

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