What religious lessons were taught through Mongolian Jataka birth stories?

In the context of Mongolian literature, Jataka birth stories are religious, nondogmatic narratives that focus on the meritorious deeds of the Buddha.1

These stories serve to illustrate religious truths, functioning similarly to the parables found in Christianity. By depicting the Buddha in various forms—such as a king, a god, or an animal—the tales highlight specific virtues that the narratives aim to inculcate in the reader or listener. The most well-known collection of these stories in the Mongolian tradition is the Üliger-ün dalai, or "The Sea of Stories".12