Crumb-snatcher

Family: Mice · Role: son of Bread-nibbler and Quern-licker · First appears: The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 1

In Part 1 of The Battle of Frogs and Mice, Crumb-snatcher is named as the son of Bread-nibbler and Quern-licker, daughter of Ham-gnawer the king. After Crumb-snatcher’s death, his body lay floating on the water. At dawn, the Mice assembled at Bread-nibbler’s house to prepare for war against the Frogs, and his father stood first, enraged at his son’s death.

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Life events

• After Crumb-snatcher's death, the Mice assembled and prepared to go to war against the Frogs.(The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 1 · 📍 the house of Bread-nibbler)
  • With: Bread-nibbler
  • “And when they heard of his fate, all the Mice were seized with fierce anger, and bade their heralds summon the people to assemble towards dawn at the house of Bread-nibbler, the father of hapless Crumb-snatcher who lay outstretched on the water face up, a lifeless corpse, and no longer near the bank, poor wretch, but floating in the midst of the deep. And when the Mice came in haste at dawn, Bread-nibbler stood up first, enraged at his son’s death, and thus he spoke.”

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 1

• parent: Bread-nibbler “Crumb-snatcher am I called, and I am the son of Bread-nibbler—he was my stout-hearted father—and my mother was Quern-licker, the daughter of Ham-gnawer the king:”
• parent: Quern-licker “Crumb-snatcher am I called, and I am the son of Bread-nibbler—he was my stout-hearted father—and my mother was Quern-licker, the daughter of Ham-gnawer the king:”

Also listed in Mice — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.