M188A. The Jackal on the Throne .21.23.

The character demands to be treated like a ruler (he usually sits on a bunch of garbage and demands that he be recognized as a king). One of the animals exposes him.

Tibetans, Sindhi, Punjabi, Uttar Pradesh (Hindi), Kumaoni, Himachali Pahari, Nepali, Kannada.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans (group not specified): Cassis 1962 [the fox scoured the chicken coops and fell into a vat of paint; when she saw that its coat turned turquoise, the fox called herself the queen of animals named Zatsa, her the heavenly emperor sent; all the animals were errand until she sent the tiger to bring her mother; when the tiger saw that the queen's mother was a fox, the tiger informed the other animals; the ferret invited the queen swim, paint came off, the elephant threw the fox to the other side]: 84-86; Coyaud 2012, No. 78 [the fox fell into a vat of paint and said that the Jade Emperor appointed her king of animals; lions and elephants believed it, but other foxes doubted and yapped next to her; the fox could not resist and also yapped; the elephant crushed it]: 219-220.

South Asia. Sindhi [the jackal asks the dyer to paint him blue paint (indigo); stabbed acacia thorns into his ears, came to other jackals, called himself a sultan, sat on the throne of cow cakes by the pond; allowed the goats to get drunk only after they sang the Sultan on the golden throne with precious pendants in his ears; the same with other animals; the old ram asked to let him drink first, and then allow praise; sings that the smelly jackal is sitting on a throne of crap with thorns in his ears; the jackal rushed at him, but the ram pointed to the approaching dogs and the jackal ran into the thickets]: Schimmel 1995, No. 30:203-204; Punjabi: Zographer 1976 [the jackal found torn dudes in a pile of garbage, hung them on his ears like hermits hang earrings, sat by the lake on a pile of manure coated bones from those who came to drink demanded that they call him prince, the throne gold and silver; everyone does so; the hare asks for permission to drink first in order to sing praise better; talks about manure and dudes, hides in a hole; the jackal ran away]: 28-30; Steel, Temple 1884, No. 17 [the jackal found a pair of discarded shoes, hung them in his ears, made a throne out of old bones; everyone who comes to the watering hole is told to say that the prince is sitting on the golden and silver throne; they all do; the iguana asks for permission to drink first to sing praise better; talks about dudes and bones, hides in a hole; the jackal grabs her tail; she asks allow him to face, the jackal releases his tail, the iguana runs away]: 153-156; Uttar Pradesh (Mirzapur, Hindi) [the pond is almost dry, the frogs are dead; the jackal has made a platform for himself, hung dead frogs; as soon as the rat came to drink, he demanded that it recognize him as a deity; recites: I found a golden temple, golden lamps around, and I myself, the deity, sit with large pearls in my ears; the rat was thirsty and repeated it patiently; when the one-eyed ox came, he pretended not to remember the beautiful lines; said: I found dirty straw, hung myself with dead frogs, and here I am a lousy jackal with two dead frogs in his ears; the jackal ran after the ox, he ran, and after drinking water, he gurgled in his stomach; he told the jackal that the sound was a dog chasing a jackal; the jackal was terrified ran away, ran into a pack of hounds and they tore it up]: Rouse, Crooke 1899, No. 36:156-159; Kumaoni [the fox found the elephant's corpse; when the other foxes came up, told them to respect him as an elephant killer; let them eat elephant meat, but honor him as king; sat on a throne of grass and rags; dogs appeared, foxes fled, and the person sitting on the throne was attached to him and was torn to pieces]: Upreti 1894:127; himachali plowmen [the jackal makes the throne out of bones, tells it to be called raja, and the throne is golden; the iguana says he is a jackal and the throne is made of bones; the jackal chases her, grabs her tail; an iguana from a hole tells him to say "Ha"; the jackal opens its mouth, the iguana is saved]: Dracott 1906:81-82; Nepali [the fox is going to eat the peacock's chicks; she calls her "Minister of the Forest," suggests coming later when the children grow up, she promises to announce to all animals that the fox is the Minister of the Forest; when the fox is gone, the peacock hid the chicks, dug a hole, covered it with her droppings, flew up the tree; making sure that her deceived, the fox rushed at the peacock, fell into the hole; the peacock laughed to tears, since then the peacocks have red eyes]: Sakya, Griffith 1980:46-48; kannada [the jackal fell into a vat of blue paint, pretended to be dead, the dyer threw him away; he turned to the jackals: the goddess of this forest poured ragweed on him, appointing him king; now his name is Raja Shakal-Takal-Lakal; everyone recognized his greatness, he became ride an elephant, and there is a lion and a tiger on the sides; he stopped meeting other jackals and the wise old jackal noticed that this was his end; when the jackals howled, King Jackal also howled and everyone understood who he was; the lion and the tiger tore it apart]: Ramanujan 1997, No. 22:66-68.