# The Jackdaw — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Jackdaw in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The Jackdaw, the Jackdaw, Jackdaw, The Vain Jackdaw, The Escaped Jackdaw

**First appearance:** 0013-the-peacock-and-the-crane

## Who they are

A drab bird who dresses himself in peacock feathers and struts among the flock until the disguise is torn away.

## In the story

### [The Jackdaw and the Pigeons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-jackdaw-and-the-pigeons)

Disguises himself as a pigeon to gain food, but is exposed and rejected by both groups.

### [The Vain Jackdaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-vain-jackdaw)

Attempts to win the kingship by adorning himself with borrowed feathers, but is exposed and humiliated.

### [The Escaped Jackdaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-escaped-jackdaw)

The jackdaw is caught by a man, kept as a pet, escapes, but is entangled by the string and dies.

### [The Eagle, the Jackdaw, and the Shepherd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-eagle-the-jackdaw-and-the-shepherd)

Attempts to imitate the Eagle but gets caught in a ram's wool, is captured by the Shepherd, and is ridiculed for its presumption.

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