The Trickster of the Forest: Jackals in Indian Folklore and Why the Species Still Matters
QUICK ANSWER The jackal is one of the oldest trickster figures in world literature, a lead character in India’s Panchatantra fables from around 200 BCE, whose stories travelled through Persian and Arabic translation into the European fable tradition. That reputation for cunning over strength shaped how the species is seen in India for two thousand […]
