Toomai of the Elephants

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"Toomai of the Elephants" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young mahout boy whose bravery and secret witnessing of wild elephants dancing earns him a legendary place among elephant handlers.

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Label Occurrences
Toomai of the Elephants canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
short story
author Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED
centralConflict proving Toomai's courage and worth as a mahout
collection The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresAnimal tamed elephants
wild elephants
featuresCharacter Kala Nag NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterType elephant
featuresMotif initiation into a profession
secret knowledge of animals
firstPublicationYear 1894
firstPublishedIn The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
form prose
genre adventure fiction
children's literature
hasAdaptation film adaptations
radio adaptations
television adaptations
hasIllustrationsInSomeEditions true
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration
hasTitleCharacter Toomai NERFINISHED
intendedAudience children
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
literaryStatus classic of children's literature
mainCharacter Little Toomai NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation mahout boy
narrativeTheme bravery
coming of age
human–animal bond
originalMedium print
partOfSeries Jungle Book stories NERFINISHED
plotElement Toomai gains legendary status among elephant handlers NERFINISHED
Toomai secretly witnesses wild elephants dancing
publicationType fiction
recognitionWithinStory Toomai is honored by experienced elephant handlers
relatedWork The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
The Second Jungle Book NERFINISHED
settingEnvironment jungle
settingRegion India NERFINISHED
subjectMatter elephant handling
mahouts
timePeriodOfSetting British colonial India NERFINISHED

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Description of subject: "Toomai of the Elephants" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young mahout boy whose bravery and secret witnessing of wild elephants dancing earns him a legendary place among elephant handlers.

Referenced by (2)

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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling containsStory Toomai of the Elephants
subject surface form: The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book containsStory Toomai of the Elephants