# The Snake — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Snake in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** a Snake, the Snake, A Snake, Snake

**First appearance:** 0231-the-crow-and-the-snake

## Who they are

A venomous creature whose warmth-seeking and hunger make it the fable world's most reliable betrayer — kindness offered to it is repaid with a bite.

## In the story

### [The Viper and the File](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-viper-and-the-file)

The Viper enters the carpenter's shop and begs for food from the tools, naively expecting charity from the File.

### [The Farmer and the Viper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-farmer-and-the-viper)

A viper that, once revived, turns on its benefactor and delivers a deadly bite.

### [The Labourer and the Snake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-labourer-and-the-snake)

Bites and kills the labourer's son, then refuses reconciliation after losing its tail.

### [The Wasp and the Snake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-wasp-and-the-snake)

Maddened by the Wasp's stings, sacrifices itself to kill the Wasp.

### [The Crow and the Snake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-crow-and-the-snake)

The Snake is initially asleep but defends itself by biting the Crow, revealing its poisonous nature.

### [The Snake and Jupiter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-snake-and-jupiter)

Complains to Jupiter about being trodden upon.

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

Carried away by the river, clings to thorns.

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