# The Lion — Indian Fairy Tales character guide

> The Lion in Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Richard Cœur de Lion

**First appearance:** 0003-the-lion-and-the-crane

## Who they are

A lion who is a character in a fable.

## In the story

### [Indian Fairy Tales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/indian-fairy-tales)

The lion who gets a bone stuck in his throat and is ungrateful to the crane who removes it.

### [The Lion and the Crane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/the-lion-and-the-crane)

The lion who suffers from a bone stuck in his throat, is saved by the crane, but refuses to show gratitude.

### [The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/the-tiger-the-brahman-and-the-jackal)

The tiger that is freed from the cage but then ungratefully tries to eat the Brahman.

### [Notes and References](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/notes-and-references)

Appears in the Jataka tale as the ungrateful lion, identified with Devadatta.

### [I: The Lion and the Crane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/i-the-lion-and-the-crane)

The ingrate lion in the Jataka fable, who refuses gratitude to the crane after having a bone removed from his throat.

### [X: The Soothsayer’s Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/x-the-soothsayer-s-son)

Appears in the parallel story told by Richard Cœur de Lion, where a lion is saved from a pit and shows gratitude by bringing a leveret.

## Links

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