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** The writings of Hesiod claim that Pandora was created as a punishment for man, so that all her descendants, e.g., women, would torment humanity. All men had to do was not accept her as a gift and they would be free of the associated evils, but they ignored all the warnings about accepting gifts from the Olympians.
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** The rather misogynistic writings of Hesiod claim that Pandora was created as a punishment for man, so that all her descendants, e.g., women, would torment humanity. All men had to do was not accept her as a gift and they would be free of the associated evils, but they ignored all the warnings about accepting gifts from the Olympians.
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** Proverbs 1:17 says "surely in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird." Meaning someone would have to be very stupid to fall for a trap being laid out for them when it's pretty obvious that it is a trap.
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** [[Literature/BookOfProverbs Proverbs 1:17 1:17]] says "surely in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird." Meaning someone would have to be very stupid to fall for a trap being laid out for them when it's pretty obvious that it is a trap.
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** The rather misogynistic writings of Hesiod claim that Pandora was created as a punishment for man, so that all her descendants, e.g., women, would torment humanity. All men had to do was not accept her as a gift and they would be free of the associated evils, but they ignored all the warnings about accepting gifts from the Olympians.
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** The rather misogynistic writings of Hesiod claim that Pandora was created as a punishment for man, so that all her descendants, e.g., women, would torment humanity. All men had to do was not accept her as a gift and they would be free of the associated evils, but they ignored all the warnings about accepting gifts from the Olympians.
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* There's also original "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" fairy tale, sometimes named "Dark world". A king and his companions were on a quest and, in their wandering, ended in a cave-like, long, underground passage. They kept moving until they came into a part of passage where no light could be started or exist (titular "Dark world") and felt rough things or pieces of things under their shoes. Suddenly, a voice was heard "If you take those, you'll regret it. If you don't take those, you'll regret it." Some people chose not to take those, some chose to take one or two, just to see what all the fuss is all about then moved away from weird things. Finally, after 3 more days of wandering and lots of danger, they got out of the cave. After they looked at their pockets, they found they took rough diamonds. Now, those that didn't take anything, regretted it and those that did, regretted they didn't take more than one or two!
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* There's also original "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" fairy tale, sometimes named "Dark world". A king and his companions were on a quest and, in their wandering, ended in a cave-like, long, underground passage. They kept moving until they came into reached a part of the passage where no light could be started or exist (titular "Dark world") and world"). They felt rough things things, or pieces of things things, under their shoes. Suddenly, a voice was heard heard: "If you take those, you'll regret it. If you don't take those, you'll regret it." Some people chose not to take those, the things, some chose to take one or two, just to see what all the fuss is was all about then about. Then they moved away from the weird things. Finally, after 3 three more days of wandering and lots of danger, they got out of exited the cave. After they looked at in their pockets, they found they took had rough diamonds. Now, those that didn't take anything, regretted it it, and those that did, regretted they didn't take more than one or two!
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** Also, Lot's wife in Literature/TheBible. Do not look back at the dying cities. Do ''not'' look back. DO NOT... Salt, anyone?
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** Also, Lot's wife in Literature/TheBible. Do not look back at the [[RocksFallEveryoneDies dying cities.cities]]. Do ''not'' look back. DO NOT... Salt, anyone?
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* ''Literature/TheAeneid'': "[[TrojanHorse Do not under any circumstances bring this horse into your city, because then us Greeks will never ever be able to conquer Troy.]]" The OnlySaneMan who tried to warn them got messily killed by Poseidon, whom he he had already ticked off, and just happened to choose that as the appropriate time to inflict his punishment. Incidentally, this is the origin of the phrase "Never trust Greeks bearing gifts."
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* ''Literature/TheAeneid'': "[[TrojanHorse Do not under any circumstances bring this horse into your city, because then us Greeks will never ever be able to conquer Troy.]]" The OnlySaneMan who tried to warn them got messily killed by Poseidon, whom he he had already ticked off, and just happened to choose that as the appropriate time to inflict his punishment. Incidentally, this is the origin of the phrase "Never trust Greeks bearing gifts."
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* Psyche ''nearly'' averted this. When her husband [[spoiler:Eros]] told her never to look upon his true form, she was perfectly fine with it until her sisters convinced her that he might be a hideous monster (despite that she had previously felt his body and had plenty of chances to feel his face). At least she only had to deal with a MamaBear that was already mad at her, instead of the DeaderThanDead fate that usually befalls those who [[spoiler:look upon undisguised gods]]. And then, when she was sent to bring back the beauty of Persephone in a box, she ''peeked''. (Luckily, he had decided to reconcile and came to save her.)
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** Psyche ''nearly'' averted this. When her husband [[spoiler:Eros]] told her never to look upon his true form, she was perfectly fine with it until her sisters convinced her that he might be a hideous monster (despite that she had previously felt his body and had plenty of chances to feel his face). At least she only had to deal with a MamaBear that was already mad at her, instead of the DeaderThanDead fate that usually befalls those who [[spoiler:look upon undisguisedgods]]. And then, gods]].
** But when she was sent to bring back the beauty of Persephone in a box, she''peeked''. (Luckily, he ''peeked''; either the beauty was overwhelming to a mortal or Persephone had guessed Aphrodite wanted to get rid of Psyche without ticking off Eros. Luckily, Eros had decided to reconcile and came to save her.)
** Psyche ''nearly'' averted this. When her husband [[spoiler:Eros]] told her never to look upon his true form, she was perfectly fine with it until her sisters convinced her that he might be a hideous monster (despite that she had previously felt his body and had plenty of chances to feel his face). At least she only had to deal with a MamaBear that was already mad at her, instead of the DeaderThanDead fate that usually befalls those who [[spoiler:look upon undisguised
** But when she was sent to bring back the beauty of Persephone in a box, she
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!!Classical Mythology
* Psyche ''nearly'' averted this. When her husband [[spoiler:Eros]] told her never to look upon his true form, she was perfectly fine with it until her sisters convinced her that he might be a hideous monster (despite that she had previously felt his body and had plenty of chances to feel his face). At least she only had to deal with a MamaBear that was already mad at her, instead of the DeaderThanDead fate that usually befalls those who [[spoiler:look upon undisguised gods]]. And then, when she was sent to bring back the beauty of Persephone in a box, she ''peeked''. (Luckily, he had decided to reconcile and came to save her.)
* ''Literature/TheIliad'': A golden apple, labeled 'Kallisti' -- to the prettiest. Notably, it's successful SchmuckBait to the Goddess of Wisdom.
* ''Literature/TheAeneid'': "[[TrojanHorse Do not under any circumstances bring this horse into your city, because then us Greeks will never ever be able to conquer Troy.]]" The OnlySaneMan who tried to warn them got messily killed by Poseidon, whom he he had already ticked off, and just happened to choose that as the appropriate time to inflict his punishment. Incidentally, this is the origin of the phrase "Never trust Greeks bearing gifts."
* ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. "Hey, we're a bunch of incredibly hungry sailors on an island inhabited by the juicy-looking cattle of the sun god! What's that, Odysseus? We can't eat them? C'mon, what could happen, it's not like we can piss off the gods even further..." They decided that whatever the gods were going to do would be better than starving to death while stuck on that island. (And they might not have been particularly wrong -- drowning may or may not be a particularly nice way to die, but it's better than starving.)
!!Christianity
* ''Literature/TheIliad'': A golden apple, labeled 'Kallisti' -- to the prettiest. Notably, it's successful SchmuckBait to the Goddess of Wisdom.
* ''Literature/TheAeneid'': "[[TrojanHorse Do not under any circumstances bring this horse into your city, because then us Greeks will never ever be able to conquer Troy.]]" The OnlySaneMan who tried to warn them got messily killed by Poseidon, whom he he had already ticked off, and just happened to choose that as the appropriate time to inflict his punishment. Incidentally, this is the origin of the phrase "Never trust Greeks bearing gifts."
* ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. "Hey, we're a bunch of incredibly hungry sailors on an island inhabited by the juicy-looking cattle of the sun god! What's that, Odysseus? We can't eat them? C'mon, what could happen, it's not like we can piss off the gods even further..." They decided that whatever the gods were going to do would be better than starving to death while stuck on that island. (And they might not have been particularly wrong -- drowning may or may not be a particularly nice way to die, but it's better than starving.)
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* Literature/{{Bluebeard}}'s wives invariably fell victim to this trope. Although it's never explained why his initial wife was killed, as she couldn't have seen any of his dead wives.
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* Psyche ''nearly'' averted this. When her husband [[spoiler:Eros]] told her never to look upon his true form, she was perfectly fine with it until her sisters convinced her that he might be a hideous monster (despite that she had previously felt his body and had plenty of chances to feel his face). At least she only had to deal with a MamaBear that was already mad at her, instead of the DeaderThanDead fate that usually befalls those who [[spoiler:look upon undisguised gods]]. And then, when she was sent to bring back the beauty of Persephone in a box, she ''peeked''. (Luckily, he had decided to reconcile and came to save her.)
* ''Literature/TheIliad'': A golden apple, labeled 'Kallisti' -- to the prettiest. Notably, it's successful SchmuckBait to the Goddess of Wisdom.
* ''Literature/TheAeneid'': "[[TrojanHorse Do not under any circumstances bring this horse into your city, because then us Greeks will never ever be able to conquer Troy.]]" The OnlySaneMan who tried to warn them got messily killed by Poseidon, whom he he had already ticked off, and just happened to choose that as the appropriate time to inflict his punishment. Incidentally, this is the origin of the phrase "Never trust Greeks bearing gifts."
* ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. "Hey, we're a bunch of incredibly hungry sailors on an island inhabited by the juicy-looking cattle of the sun god! What's that, Odysseus? We can't eat them? C'mon, what could happen, it's not like we can piss off the gods even further..." They decided that whatever the gods were going to do would be better than starving to death while stuck on that island. (And they might not have been particularly wrong -- drowning may or may not be a particularly nice way to die, but it's better than starving.)
* ''Literature/TheIliad'': A golden apple, labeled 'Kallisti' -- to the prettiest. Notably, it's successful SchmuckBait to the Goddess of Wisdom.
* ''Literature/TheAeneid'': "[[TrojanHorse Do not under any circumstances bring this horse into your city, because then us Greeks will never ever be able to conquer Troy.]]" The OnlySaneMan who tried to warn them got messily killed by Poseidon, whom he he had already ticked off, and just happened to choose that as the appropriate time to inflict his punishment. Incidentally, this is the origin of the phrase "Never trust Greeks bearing gifts."
* ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. "Hey, we're a bunch of incredibly hungry sailors on an island inhabited by the juicy-looking cattle of the sun god! What's that, Odysseus? We can't eat them? C'mon, what could happen, it's not like we can piss off the gods even further..." They decided that whatever the gods were going to do would be better than starving to death while stuck on that island. (And they might not have been particularly wrong -- drowning may or may not be a particularly nice way to die, but it's better than starving.)
