Character guide

Mowgli

major

Also known as the Frog, wise little Frog

A human child raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, learning the Law of the Jungle.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

major

Also known as Rikki, Rikki-tikki, the valiant Rikki-tikki

A brave young mongoose who defends a human family from cobras.

Kotick

major

Also known as little Kotick

A white seal who searches for a safe beach for his people away from hunters.

Bagheera

major

Also known as Red Flower Bagheera, O Bagheera

A wise black panther who mentors Mowgli and advocates for him in the wolf pack.

Kala Nag

major

Also known as Nag

A wise old elephant who serves as a lead elephant in the government keddah.

Toomai

major

Also known as Little Toomai

A young elephant handler who earns the title 'Toomai of the Elephants'.

Baloo

supporting

Also known as old Baloo, fat old Baloo

A sleepy brown bear who teaches Mowgli the Law of the Jungle.

Shere Khan

supporting

Also known as Khan

A lame but cunning Bengal tiger who seeks to kill Mowgli.

Kaa

supporting

Also known as old Kaa, O Kaa

An ancient and powerful python who aids Mowgli against the Bandar-log.

Akela

supporting

Also known as the Lone Wolf, O Akela, Wolf

The leader of the Seeonee wolf pack who protects Mowgli.

Nagaina

supporting

A deadly female cobra and mate of Nag, who plots revenge against the family.

Teddy

supporting

Also known as the Emperor Theodore

A young boy who befriends Rikki-Tikki-Tavi after the mongoose is rescued.

Father Wolf

supporting

The wolf who finds Mowgli and brings him to the pack for adoption.

Tabaqui

supporting

Also known as little Tabaqui

A sneaky jackal who serves as Shere Khan's spy and scavenger.

Darzee

supporting

A tailorbird who helps Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by acting as a lookout.

Sea Catch

supporting

Also known as old Sea Catch, Old Sea Catch

A massive and fierce sea lion, father of Kotick.

Petersen Sahib

supporting

Also known as Sahib

The British district officer who oversees the elephant keddah operations.

Buldeo

supporting

Also known as old Buldeo

A superstitious and greedy village hunter who opposes Mowgli.

Gray Brother

supporting

Also known as Gray

One of Mowgli's wolf brothers who remains loyal to him.

Mother Wolf

supporting

Also known as Wolf

The she-wolf who adopts and fiercely protects Mowgli as her own cub.

Big Toomai

supporting

Little Toomai's father, a skilled elephant driver in the keddah.

Matkah

supporting

Also known as gentle Matkah

Kotick's mother, a gentle sea lion who cares for her pup.

Rann

minor

Also known as the Kite

A kite (bird of prey) who carries messages across the jungle.

Chuchundra

minor

A timid muskrat who lives in the bungalow and warns Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Machua Appa

minor

An experienced elephant catcher who leads the keddah operations.

Sea Vitch

minor

A grumpy old walrus who lives on the beach and argues with Sea Catch.

Rama

minor

A buffalo owned by the village that Mowgli tends in Tiger! Tiger!

Karait

minor

A small but deadly brown snake that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi kills early on.

Limmershin

minor

A winter wren who tells the story of Kotick to the narrator.

Patalamon

minor

Big Toomai's friend and fellow elephant driver in the keddah.

Messua

minor

A village woman who believes Mowgli is her lost son Nathoo.

Dick Cunliffe

minor

Also known as Dick

A young British soldier who owns a pet mongoose in Her Majesty's Servants.

Ikki

minor

A porcupine who appears briefly in the jungle scenes.

Kerick Booterin

minor

Also known as old Kerick

A Russian fur seal hunter who captures Kotick and his family.

Pudmini

minor

A female elephant who is part of the keddah herd.

Zaharrof

minor

Also known as old Zaharrof

A Russian fur seal hunter who works with Kerick Booterin.

Hathi

minor

A wise old elephant who tells the story of how the tiger got his stripes.

Mang

minor

A bat who appears in the jungle as a minor character.

Purun Dass

minor

A former prime minister who becomes a holy man in the mountains.