The Blue Jackal Explained
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 to another. Although the creature is known variously as Chandru, Neelaakanth or Neela Gidhar (literally, Blue Jackal).
The most common version[1] is told like this:
See also
External links
- https://moralkahani.in/top-10-hindi-stories-in-short-moral-stories-hindi (The Blue Jackal story in Hindi)
Notes and References
- http://panchatantra.org/the-story-of-the-blue-jackal.html Panchatantra The Story of The Blue Jackal
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060505220539/http://www.bolokids.com/2006/0049.htm The Blue Jackal : A Panchtantra Story by Swapna Dutta
- https://web.archive.org/web/20030210213402/http://www.indiaoz.com.au/hinduism/kids_corner/panchatantra/panchatantra4.shtml A - Z Hinduism - Panchatantra Stories
- Web site: The Blue Jackal. Tell-A-Tale. 25 July 2015 . 26 April 2016.
