# The Swallow — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Swallow in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a Swallow, the Swallow, The Swallow, the unfortunate Swallow

**First appearance:** 0015-the-spendthrift-and-the-swallow

## Who they are

A migratory bird who returns too early and suffers the consequences.

## In the story

### [The Spendthrift and the Swallow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-spendthrift-and-the-swallow)

Appears early in spring, misleading the Spendthrift, and dies in a sudden frost.

### [Demades and His Fable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/demades-and-his-fable)

Appears in Demades' fable as one of the three travelers.

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

Boasts about her past as a princess and her transformation by Juno.

### [The Nightingale and the Swallow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-nightingale-and-the-swallow)

Advises the Nightingale to leave the woods and nest under human roofs.

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