From the Avatime ethnic group of Ghana:
A dog got into its master's house when its master went out and left the door open. It took meat from the table. Then it saw its own reflection in the large mirror in the room. Seeing another dog with meat in the mirror, the dog attacked it to get the other dog's meat. The mirror fell on the dog and killed it.1
From India:
In the Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit from the Panchantara tales, an old rabbit saved itself from becoming the lion's meal by setting the lion against its own reflection in a well.
From Greece:
The Dog and Its Reflection" is one of Aesop's fables.
Notes
- "The Greedy Dog", West African Folktales, translated and collected by Jack Berry
