The hare on the Moon: an ancient mytheme

The pervasiveness of didactic animal tales in the Śanti- and Anuśāsana-parvan-s of the Mahābhārata, the Jātaka-s of the Tathāgata, and the Pañcatantra of Viṣṇuśarman suggests that proto-versions of these tales were a prominent feature of Indo-Aryan folkloric narratives. Indeed, we Continue reading