# Just So Stories — Character guide

> Key figures in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

- [Taffy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/taffy.md): A Neolithic girl who helps invent writing with her father Tegumai.
- [Painted Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/painted_jaguar.md): A curious jaguar who learns about armadillos from his mother.
- [Pau Amma the Crab](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/pau_amma_the_crab.md): A giant crab who plays with the sea and is tamed by the Eldest Magician.
- [The Elephant's Child](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_elephants_child.md): A curious young elephant who gets his trunk stretched by the Crocodile.
- [Suleiman-bin-Daoud](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/suleiman_bin_daoud.md): The wise king who controls the elements and marries Balkis.
- [Old Man Kangaroo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/old_man_kangaroo.md): A proud kangaroo who is chased by Dingo and given his hopping legs.
- [Tegumai Bopsulai](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/tegumai_bopsulai.md): A Neolithic chief and Taffy's father who invents the alphabet.
- [The Stranger-man](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_stranger_man.md): A Tewara tribesman who misunderstands Taffy's letter and brings a spear.
- [Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/stickly_prickly_hedgehog.md): A hedgehog who teaches the Painted Jaguar a lesson about armadillos.
- [Daddy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/daddy.md): The narrator's father who tells the stories to Best Beloved.
- [The Parsee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_parsee.md): A Parsee who bakes a cake and gets revenge on the Rhinoceros.
- [The Butterfly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_butterfly.md): A small butterfly who stamps and causes Suleiman's wives to quarrel.
- [The Cat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_cat.md): A wild cat who bargains to become a house pet while staying independent.
- [The Dog](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_dog.md): The first animal to become domesticated by Man.
- [The Whale](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_whale.md): A whale who swallows a mariner and gets a grating in his throat.
- [The Leopard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_leopard.md): A spotted leopard who adapts to the forest with the Ethiopian.
- [The Camel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_camel.md): A lazy camel who refuses to work and gets a hump from the Djinn.
- [Wild Horse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/wild_horse.md): A wild horse who is tamed by Man in the Cave.
- [The Rhinoceros](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_rhinoceros.md): A rude rhinoceros who loses his skin after stealing a Parsee's cake.
- [Baviaan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/baviaan.md): A wise baboon who gives advice to the animals.
- [Balkis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/balkis.md): The beautiful queen of Sheba and wife of Suleiman-bin-Daoud.
- [Best Beloved](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/best_beloved.md): The child to whom the stories are addressed.
- [The Djinn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_djinn.md): A magical being who punishes the Camel with a hump.
- [Slow-and-Solid](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/slow_and_solid.md): A tortoise who helps the hedgehog trick the Painted Jaguar.
- [The Eldest Magician](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_eldest_magician.md): The creator who sets the world in order and tames Pau Amma.
- [Mummy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/mummy.md): The narrator's mother who appears in the frame story.
- [Teshumai Tewindrow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/teshumai_tewindrow.md): Taffy's mother who misunderstands the letter and raises the tribe.
- [Tortoise](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/tortoise.md): A slow tortoise who becomes an armadillo with the hedgehog.
- [Nqong](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/nqong.md): A god who sets the kangaroo chase in motion.
- [The Crocodile](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_crocodile.md): The crocodile who pulls the Elephant's Child's nose into a trunk.
- [Taffimai Metallumai](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/taffimai_metallumai.md): Taffy's full name used in the alphabet story.
- [Speckly Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/speckly_jaguar.md): The Painted Jaguar's mother who gives him advice.
- [Ethiopian](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/ethiopian.md): A hunter who changes color and helps the Leopard get spots.
- [Kolokolo Bird](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/kolokolo_bird.md): A bird who directs the Elephant's Child to the Crocodile.
- [Dingo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/dingo.md): A yellow dog who chases Old Man Kangaroo across Australia.
- [Pussy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/pussy.md): A female cat who negotiates with the Woman in the Cave.
- [Mother Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/mother_jaguar.md): The Painted Jaguar's mother who gives him hunting advice.
- [The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_bi_coloured_python_rock_snake.md): A python who helps the Elephant's Child on his journey.
- [Child](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/child.md): A generic child mentioned in the stories.
- [Wild Cow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/wild_cow.md): A wild cow who is tamed by Man in the Cave.
- [Binkie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/binkie.md): The family dog mentioned in the frame story.
- [Nqa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/nqa.md): A small god who assists the Eldest Magician.
- [Strorks the Rhinoceros](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/strorks_the_rhinoceros.md): The rhinoceros's full name after losing his skin.
- [Kun](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/kun.md): A god who appears in the kangaroo story.
- [The Baby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_baby.md): A human baby in the Cave who plays with the Cat.
- [Small Porgies](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/small_porgies.md): Fish that the Whale eats before swallowing the mariner.

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