The Blue Jackal is a story known throughout the
Indian sub-continent.
Earliest reference
The earliest reference to the Blue Jackal can be found in ''
Panchatantra'', a collection of stories which depict animals in human situations (see
anthropomorphism,
Talking animals in fiction). In each of the stories every animal has a
"personality" and each story ends in a moral.
The story
The story of the Blue Jackal known through
oral transmission doesn't vary much from one part of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
to another. Although the creature is known variously as ''Chandru'', ''Neelaakanth'' or ''Neela Gidhar'' (literally, ''Blue Jackal'').
The most common version
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See also
*Fables
Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral ...
* Indian literature
*'' Panchatantra''
References
External links
* https://moralkahani.in/top-10-hindi-stories-in-short-moral-stories-hindi (''The Blue Jackal'' story in Hindi)
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Traditional stories
Oral tradition
Sanskrit literature
Indian literature
Indian folklore
Fictional jackals
Indian fairy tales