The Jackal
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
There is an old Arabic fable written in mid 1136: the tale of a wise jackal who joins the court of a lion king. At the end, the jackal departs, moving far away from the palace...
The tale drew on a translation of the famous animal fables Kalla wa-Dimna which came from the Indian text, the Panchatantra. No one knows who wrote the Arabic fable Al-Asad wa-l-ghawws, The Lion and the Diver, but it is attributed to Al Ghazali. That, at least, is accordi
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