Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales Part B

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The Lion in Bad Company
-A wolf tricks a young lion into letting him come back and live in the lion's den
-The lion is flattered by the wolf and earns his trust
-The wolf convinces the lion to kill ponies for horse meat
-The lion's father is wise and warns his son that the ponies belong to the King, and that the thefts will not go unnoticed
-The lion has developed an ego, and, encouraged by the wolf, disregards his father and continues to seek horse meat
-The horses are moved by the King to try and protect them, but the lion is persistent
-Ultimately, the King sends an archer, who slays the lion
-The wolf is unharmed and returns quietly to his old life

Wolves
-The wolf characters in the Jataka tales are almost always painted as tricksters
-While the wolf is clever and often gets others into trouble, he himself typically remains unharmed

Beauty and Brownie
-Mother and Father deer send their children, Beauty and Brownie, out of the forest during the corn ripening season
-They each take a herd with them
-Hunters set traps during this time to catch the deer in the act of eating corn
-The parent deer warn them not to travel by day
-Beauty was clever and led his herds by night and his entire herd survived
-Brownie was foolish and traveled by day; many of his herd were killed by hunters



A lion lounging. Source: Wikipedia
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Bibliography:

Babbitt, Ellen C. More Jataka tales. 1992. http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/free-book-babbit-jataka-tales-and-more.html

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