The first otter (Chapter 034)

Also known as: one of the otters · Role: otter · First appears: Chapter XXXIV

In Chapter XXXIV, the first otter and The second otter (Chapter 034) agreed that one would fish while the other stayed on land, and that they would share the catch. Mukhara divided it into three parts, took the middle part, and went off with it; the first otter was also described in connection with The tortoise that regularly waited upon the two otters (Chapter 034).

Relationship record

The otters agreed that one would fish while the other stayed on land and that they would share the catch.(Chapter XXXIV)
- With: The second otter (Chapter 034)
- “Finding there was nothing left, the otters took counsel together one day, and determined that in future one of them should go into the water while the other remained on land, and that they should share the spoil in common.”
Mukhara divided the catch into three parts, took the middle part, and went off with it.(Chapter XXXIV)
- With: The second otter (Chapter 034) Mukhara
- “So Mukhara divided the heap into three parts, one containing the heads of the fish, and another their tails, and the third the rest of their bodies. And he uttered this verse:— ‘The goer on land receives the tails, and the goer into the depths the heads; he who is conversant with the law receives the middle parts.’ Moreover, Mukhara said to himself, ‘Having deluded these two, I will secure the booty.’ So he seized the middle part of a large fish, and went off to his mother.”

with The tortoise that regularly waited upon the two otters (Chapter 034) (The tortoise regularly attended upon this otter.) “After looking at a tortoise which regularly waited upon the two otters,”
friends with The second otter (Chapter 034) (They jointly plan to fish and share the catch.) “Finding there was nothing left, the otters took counsel together one day, and determined that in future one of them should go into the water while the other remained on land, and that they should share the spoil in common.”

Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.