Mowgli

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Mowgli is the fictional human "man-cub" raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, best known as the central character of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book stories and their many adaptations.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf child character
fictional character
literary character
protagonist
ageGroup child
alignment heroic character
appearsIn The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
surface form: Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories

The Jungle Book
The Second Jungle Book
associatedWithAnimal bear Baloo
panther Bagheera
python Kaa
Shere Khan
surface form: tiger Shere Khan

wolves
countryOfFictionalSetting India
creator Rudyard Kipling
fictionalUniverse The Jungle Book franchise
surface form: The Jungle Book universe
firstAppearance The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
surface form: The Jungle Book (1894)
gender male
hasAdaptationIn animated film
comic books
live-action film
stage musical
television series
hasCulturalImpactOn children's literature
popular culture
influencedBy Indian folklore
Kipling's experiences in India
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
medium literature
nationalityInFiction Indian
nickname man-cub
notableWork The Jungle Book
surface form: The Jungle Book stories
popularizedBy The Jungle Book franchise
surface form: The Jungle Book adaptations
portrayedAs feral child
jungle boy
raisedBy wolves
raisedIn Indian jungle
role central character
main protagonist
setting Indian jungle
species human
theme belonging
coming of age
identity
nature versus civilization

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# Requirements
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Mowgli
Description of subject: Mowgli is the fictional human "man-cub" raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, best known as the central character of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book stories and their many adaptations.

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shere Khan enemyOf Mowgli
Shere Khan killedBy Mowgli
this entity surface form: Mowgli (with help of buffalo herd)
Kaa enemyOf Mowgli
Kaa threatens Mowgli
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling mainCharacter Mowgli
subject surface form: The Jungle Book
Baloo friendOf Mowgli
Baloo mentorOf Mowgli
Bagheera mentorOf Mowgli
subject surface form: Bagheera (Disney live-action)
this entity surface form: Mowgli (Disney live-action)
Bagheera caresFor Mowgli
subject surface form: Bagheera (Disney live-action)
this entity surface form: Mowgli (Disney live-action)
Raksha protects Mowgli
Raksha raises Mowgli
Raksha caresFor Mowgli
King Louie seeksFrom Mowgli
subject surface form: King Louie (2016 film character)
King Louie threatens Mowgli
subject surface form: King Louie (2016 film character)
King Louie interactsWith Mowgli
subject surface form: King Louie (2016 film character)
Jason Scott Lee portrayed Mowgli