Aesop's Fables · Character
Venus
The goddess of love who appears in fables about beauty.
minor
Also known as Venus
First appearance: the mice and the weasels
Venus shows up with force in Venus and the Cat. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Goddess who transforms the cat into a woman and later reverses the transformation after testing her nature.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse Moral Agents
- Moral Archetypes and Victims
- Predators and Prey
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the victor Cock, swollen with pride after his triumph, is sud…
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Chapter companion notes
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See Venus in the mice and the weasels