# The Sow — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Sow in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Sow, The Sow, the Wild Sow

**First appearance:** 0009-the-dog-and-the-sow

## Who they are

A female pig who appears in fables about motherhood and danger.

## In the story

### [The Dog and the Sow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-dog-and-the-sow)

Claims her young are finer because they are born with sight.

### [The Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild Sow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-eagle-the-cat-and-the-wild-sow)

Lives at the foot of the tree; tricked by the Cat into fearing the Eagle.

## Links

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