"Kldiashvili directed a live action feature film entitled ""Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"" four years later. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ""Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"" is a short story in the 1894 anthology ""The Jungle Book"" by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose. It has often been anthologized and has been published several times as a short book. The story follows the experiences of a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (after his chattering vocalizations) after he becomes the pet of a British family residing in India as protection against cobras. He becomes friendly with some of the other creatures inhabiting the garden, and is warned of the cobras Nag"
"Mowgli Mowgli is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" stories. He is a naked feral child from the Pench area in Seoni, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story ""In the Rukh"" (collected in ""Many Inventions"", 1893) and then went on to become the most prominent and memorable character in his collections ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Second Jungle Book"" (1894–1895), which also featured stories about other characters. In the stories, the name Mowgli is said to mean ""frog"", describing his lack of fur. Kipling made up the name, and it ""does not"
"the same title in ""The Jungle Book"" (1894) by Rudyard Kipling. In this tale set in India, the young mongoose saves his family from a krait and from Nag and Nagaina, two cobras. The story was later made into several films and a song by Donovan, among other references. A mongoose also features in Bram Stoker's novel ""The Lair of the White Worm"". The main character, Adam Salton, purchases one to independently hunt snakes. Another mongoose features in the denouement of the Sherlock Holmes story ""The Adventure of the Crooked Man"", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Indian Tamil Devotional"
"The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or ""man-cub"" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is ""Seonee"" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed"
"worried about what his child will find around the next corner, the big cat who knows he has to let go just a little but can't find it in himself to do so"". Bagheera Bagheera (; ""Baghīrā""/""Bagīdah"") is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in the ""Jungle Book"" (coll. 1894) and the ""Second Jungle Book"" (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector and mentor to the ""man-cub"" Mowgli. The word ""bagheera"" is Hindi/Urdu for black panther-- although the root word bagh means tiger. Born in captivity in the menagerie of"
"Bagheera Bagheera (; ""Baghīrā""/""Bagīdah"") is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in the ""Jungle Book"" (coll. 1894) and the ""Second Jungle Book"" (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector and mentor to the ""man-cub"" Mowgli. The word ""bagheera"" is Hindi/Urdu for black panther-- although the root word bagh means tiger. Born in captivity in the menagerie of the Raja of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Bagheera begins to plan for his freedom after his mother dies. Once he is mature and strong enough, he breaks the lock on his cage and escapes"
"Raksha (The Jungle Book) Raksha ( / ""Rakšā"" or Mother Wolf as initially named) is a fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories, collected in ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Second Jungle Book"". She is a female Indian wolf, member of the Seeonee pack, who while suckling her own cubs decides also to adopt a human ""cub"" that her mate Father Wolf has found wandering in the jungle, naming him ""Mowgli"" (which means ""frog"" in the Speech of the Jungle) because of his hairlessness. Defying the tiger Shere Khan, who is determined to eat the man-cub, she reveals that"
"Baloo Baloo ( ""Bhālū"", ""bear"") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" from 1894 and ""The Second Jungle Book"" from 1895. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pack. His most challenging pupil is the ""man-cub"" Mowgli. Baloo and Bagheera, a panther, save Mowgli from Shere Khan the tiger and endeavor to teach Mowgli the Law of the Jungle in many of ""The Jungle Book"" stories. He is described in Kipling's work as ""the sleepy brown bear"". Robert Armitage Sterndale, from whom Kipling derived most of his"
"Akela (The Jungle Book) Akela ( / ""Akelā"" also called The Lone Wolf or Big Wolf) is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's stories, ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Second Jungle Book"". He is the leader of the Seeonee pack of Indian wolves and presides over the pack's council meetings. It is at such a meeting that the pack adopts the lost child Mowgli and Akela becomes one of Mowgli's mentors. ""Akelā"" means ""single or solitary"" in Hindi and Urdu. Kipling also calls him the ""Lone Wolf: Kipling portrays Akela with the character of an English gentleman. This is shown"
"wanted it to be a lullaby, but it has a very mysterious sound."" Kaa Kaa is a fictional character from ""The Jungle Book"" stories written by Rudyard Kipling. Kaa is one of Mowgli's trusted mentors and friends. First introduced in the story ""Kaa's Hunting"" in ""The Jungle Book"", Kaa is a huge and powerful snake, more than 100 years old and still in his prime. In ""Kaa's Hunting"", Bagheera and Baloo enlist Kaa's help to rescue Mowgli when the man-cub is kidnapped by Bandar-log (monkeys) and taken to an abandoned human city called the Cold Lairs. Kaa breaks down the"
"a drill sergeant who pushes Mowgli to understand the rules of the jungle. In the original novel, Baloo is described as a brown bear. In the 1967 Walt Disney's ""The Jungle Book"", he's portrayed as a Sloth bear, meanwhile in the Russian version, he's portrayed as an Asian black bear. In the 1994 remake of ""The Jungle Book"", Baloo is portrayed by a Cinnamon bear. In the live-action television shows and movies, Baloo is portrayed by an American black bear. Baloo Baloo ( ""Bhālū"", ""bear"") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" from 1894 and"
"Kaa Kaa is a fictional character from ""The Jungle Book"" stories written by Rudyard Kipling. Kaa is one of Mowgli's trusted mentors and friends. First introduced in the story ""Kaa's Hunting"" in ""The Jungle Book"", Kaa is a huge and powerful snake, more than 100 years old and still in his prime. In ""Kaa's Hunting"", Bagheera and Baloo enlist Kaa's help to rescue Mowgli when the man-cub is kidnapped by Bandar-log (monkeys) and taken to an abandoned human city called the Cold Lairs. Kaa breaks down the wall of the building in which Mowgli is imprisoned in and uses his"
"animation and its 2016 remake, and the 1989 Japanese anime ""Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli"". Stuart Paterson wrote a stage adaptation in 2004, first produced by the Birmingham Old Rep in 2004 and published in 2007 by Nick Hern Books. The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or ""man-cub"" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India;"
"Khan onto a dead strangler fig tree and eventually defeats him by causing him to fall into a pit of fire to his death, ending his tyranny once and for all. Shere Khan Shere Khan (; ) is a fictional Bengal tiger and the main antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""Jungle Book"" and its adaptations. According to The Kipling Society, the word ""Shere"" (or """"shir"""") translates as ""tiger"" and ""Khan"" is a title of distinction, used together ""to show that he is chief among tigers."" Other sources indicate ""Shere"" may mean ""tiger"" or ""lion"" in Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi, and that"
"Shere Khan Shere Khan (; ) is a fictional Bengal tiger and the main antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""Jungle Book"" and its adaptations. According to The Kipling Society, the word ""Shere"" (or """"shir"""") translates as ""tiger"" and ""Khan"" is a title of distinction, used together ""to show that he is chief among tigers."" Other sources indicate ""Shere"" may mean ""tiger"" or ""lion"" in Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi, and that ""Khan"" translates as ""king"", or ""leader"", in a number of languages influenced by the Mongols, including Pashto and Urdu. Shere Khan was depicted by Kipling as being born with a crippled"
"from casting a black person to voice an ape, they instead chose Prima, a white singer. Christopher Walken voiced King Louie in the 2016 live-action/CGI ""The Jungle Book"" film. Although the Disney adaptation is based on the Kipling stories, the character King Louie does not appear in Rudyard Kipling's original book, as orangutans, the species as which he is portrayed, are not native to India in real life. It is also stated by Kipling in the original that the Bandar-log, or monkeys over which King Louie rules, have no effective leadership, let alone a king. In the book, Mowgli is"
"her name is Raksha (""protection/nurture"") because of her ferocity as a fighter, and she will fight to the death for any of her cubs, natural or adopted. Raksha does not play a large role in the Mowgli stories, but occasionally offers her adopted son moral support. Raksha (The Jungle Book) Raksha ( / ""Rakšā"" or Mother Wolf as initially named) is a fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories, collected in ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Second Jungle Book"". She is a female Indian wolf, member of the Seeonee pack, who while suckling her own cubs decides also to"
"take the place of the mongoose, most often a dog. It is also found in other versions as a weasel, cat (in Persia), bear, or lion, and the snake is sometimes replaced with a wolf (in Wales). The essence of the story, however, remains the same. Similarly, variants of the story sometimes have the man, instead of his wife, killing the loyal animal. The story is sometimes placed within a frame story, where a saviour stands mistakenly accused and narrates this story, thereby preventing his own death. The story was first studied in 1859 by Theodor Benfey, the pioneer of"
"Mowgli is a 10-year-old boy has been brought up in the jungle of India by his animal friends: the wolf pack, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. However, Mowgli also has enemies in the jungle: Shere Khan, the vicious tiger who killed the boy's father; and the Bandar-log, who are hated by nearly all animals of the jungle. After being found by Shere Khan and running away, Mowgli hears a train coming his way on the train tracks. The conductor stops the train when Mowgli is seen by humans. An American circus scout named Harrison, who is traveling through"
"evolved as an adaptation to predation by venomous snakes in their habitat. In Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"", the author correctly dismisses the idea of mongooses ingesting herbs to combat poison as old folklore. He attributes no special abilities to the animal other than superb agility and skill at avoiding being bitten. However, recent studies have shown that the mongoose's ability to resist snake venom is at least in part due to its modified nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AcChoR) that does not bind with alpha-BTX, and alpha-neurotoxin (Barchan et al. 1992). Ophiophagy Ophiophagy (Greek ""snake eating"") is a specialized form of"
"Hathi Hathi is a fictional character created by Rudyard Kipling for the Mowgli stories collected in ""The Jungle Book"" (1894) and ""The Second Jungle Book"" (1895). Hathi is a bull elephant that lives in the jungle. Kipling named him after ""hāthī"" (हाथी), the Hindi word for ""elephant"". Hathi is head of the elephant troop. He is one of the oldest animals of the jungle and represents order, dignity and obedience to the Law of the Jungle. Hathi is famed for his patience and never hurries unnecessarily. In ""How Fear Came"", he tells the jungle animals' creation myth and describes Tha,"
"mean 'frog' in any language other than the language of the forest."" Kipling stated that the first syllable of ""Mowgli"" should rhyme with ""cow"". The Mowgli stories, including ""In the Rukh"", were first collected in chronological order in one volume as ""The Works of Rudyard Kipling Volume VII: The Jungle Book"" (1907) (Volume VIII of this series contained the non-Mowgli stories from the Jungle Books), and subsequently in ""All the Mowgli Stories"" (1933). ""In the Rukh"" describes how Gisborne, an English forest ranger in the Pench area in Seoni at the time of the British Raj, discovers a young man"
"raised by a pack of wolves in the jungle (explaining the scars on his elbows and knees from going on all fours). Mowgli marries the daughter of Gisborne's butler, Abdul Gafur. By the end of the story, Mowgli has a son and is back to living with his wolf brothers. Kipling then proceeded to write the stories of Mowgli's childhood in detail in ""The Jungle Book"". Lost by his parents as a baby in the Indian jungle during a tiger attack, he is adopted by the Wolf Mother (Raksha) and Father Wolf, who call him Mowgli (frog) because of his"
"Bandar-log Bandar-log () is a term used in Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" to describe the monkeys of the Seeonee jungle. In Hindi, ""Bandar"" means ""monkey"" and ""log"" means ""people"" – but can also be used for plurality hence the term simply refers to ""monkeys"". The term has also since come to refer to ""any body of irresponsible chatterers."" The Bandar-log feature most prominently in the story ""Kaa's Hunting"", where their scatterbrained anarchy causes them to be treated as pariahs by the rest of the jungle. Their foolish and chattering ways are illustrated by their slogan: ""We are great. We"
"a mongoose lives in its natural habitat; however, it is known that the average lifespan in captivity is twenty years. In ancient Mesopotamia, mongooses were sacred to the deity Ningilin, who was conflated with Ningirima, a deity of magic who was invoked for protection against serpents. According to a Babylonian popular saying, when a mouse fled from a mongoose into a serpent's hole, it announced, ""I bring you greetings from the snake-charmer!"" A creature resembling a mongoose also appears in Old Babylonian glyptic art, but its significance is not known. According to Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (1.35 & 1.87), Egyptians"
"was played by Sean Naegeli as a child, and later throughout the film he was played by Jason Scott Lee. In """", he was played by Jamie Williams. In """", he was played by Brandon Baker. Mowgli was played by Neel Sethi in the Disney live-action reimagination, which was released in 3D in April 2016. Mowgli was played by Rohan Chand in the Netflix film """", which was released on November 29, 2018. Mowgli Mowgli is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" stories. He is a naked feral child from the Pench area in"
"eventually the time comes when the man-cub becomes a man and has to return to human society. Bagheera frees Mowgli of his debt to the wolf pack by killing another bull, and Mowgli returns to his adopted human mother Messua. Bagheera is one of Mowgli's mentors and best friends. He, Baloo and Kaa sing for Mowgli ""The Outsong"" of the jungle. He also calls out to Mowgli in farewell, ""Remember, Bagheera loved thee... Remember, Bagheera loved thee."" In some film and television series adaptations of the Jungle Book Bagheera is an Indian leopard. In other appearances, he has a black"
"cautionary tales told to misbehaving children. Indian wolves take a central role in Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" series, in which a pack in the Seoni area of Madhya Pradesh adopts the feral child Mowgli, and teaches him how to survive in the jungle whilst protecting him from the Bengal tiger Shere Khan and the marauding dhole. Indian wolf The Indian wolf (""Canis lupus pallipes"") is a subspecies of grey wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian Subcontinent. It is intermediate in size between the Tibetan and Arabian wolf, and lacks the former's luxuriant winter coat due to"
"family. In later stories in The Jungle Book's sequel, ""The Second Jungle Book"", Mowgli learns that the villagers are planning to kill Messua and her husband for harboring him. He rescues them and sends elephants, water buffaloes, and other animals to trample the village and it's fields to the ground. Later, finds and then discards an ancient treasure (""The King's Ankus"") not realising it is so valuable that men would kill to own it. With the aid of Kaa the python, he leads the wolves in a war against the Dhole (""Red Dog""). Finally, Mowgli stumbles across the village where"
"interpretations. The Brahmin and the Mongoose The Brahmin and the Mongoose (or The Brahmin's Wife and the Mongoose) is a folktale from India, and ""one of the world's most travelled tales"". It describes the rash killing of a loyal animal, and thus warns against hasty action. The story underlies certain legends in the West, such as that of Llywelyn and his dog Gelert in Wales, or that of Saint Guinefort in France. It is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 178A. The original version from the Panchatantra in Sanskrit goes as follows (translation from ): In Western variants of the story, other"
"Pizza Outpost, with new meals specialising in a wide range of pizza and pasta dishes. Hathi Hathi is a fictional character created by Rudyard Kipling for the Mowgli stories collected in ""The Jungle Book"" (1894) and ""The Second Jungle Book"" (1895). Hathi is a bull elephant that lives in the jungle. Kipling named him after ""hāthī"" (हाथी), the Hindi word for ""elephant"". Hathi is head of the elephant troop. He is one of the oldest animals of the jungle and represents order, dignity and obedience to the Law of the Jungle. Hathi is famed for his patience and never hurries"
"The Jungle Book (1967 film) The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, it is the 19th Disney animated feature film. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last film to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear try to convince him to leave the jungle before the evil tiger Shere Khan arrives. The early"
"The Brahmin and the Mongoose The Brahmin and the Mongoose (or The Brahmin's Wife and the Mongoose) is a folktale from India, and ""one of the world's most travelled tales"". It describes the rash killing of a loyal animal, and thus warns against hasty action. The story underlies certain legends in the West, such as that of Llywelyn and his dog Gelert in Wales, or that of Saint Guinefort in France. It is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 178A. The original version from the Panchatantra in Sanskrit goes as follows (translation from ): In Western variants of the story, other animals"