The Blue Jackal.

Jackal.

Hello, this is Jana and welcome to Story Nori.

I'm here with a story from the Pancha Tantra about a jackal. The Pancha Tantra is an Indian collection of animal fables written in the ancient language of Sanskrit.

It was composed around the third century, B.C.

A jackal is a little like a fox.

In stories, jackals are often depicted as low life characters.

In Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book,

the Jacko character is Tabaki.

The other animals do not like him,

because he's always toadying up to share can the tiger.

In this story the jackal's name is Chandaraka which means Ray of the Moon in Sanskrit.

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