Mowgli's Brothers

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"Mowgli's Brothers" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that introduces the character Mowgli and his upbringing by wolves in the Indian jungle.

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instanceOf fictional work
short story
author Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED
containsConcept Law of the Jungle NERFINISHED
copyrightStatus public domain in many countries
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Akela NERFINISHED
Bagheera NERFINISHED
Baloo NERFINISHED
Father Wolf NERFINISHED
Mother Wolf NERFINISHED
Mowgli NERFINISHED
Shere Khan NERFINISHED
Tabaqui NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1894
firstPublishedInBook The Jungle Book (Macmillan, London) NERFINISHED
form prose
genre adventure fiction
children's literature
fantasy fiction
hasIllustratedEditions yes
hasTargetAudience children
young adults
hasTheme belonging
identity
law and order of the jungle
nature versus civilization
includedIn many Jungle Book adaptations
influenced later Mowgli adaptations in film and television
introducesCharacter Mowgli NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
narrativeFocus Mowgli's upbringing by wolves
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalPublicationMedium The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
partOf Mowgli stories NERFINISHED
plotElement Akela is leader of the wolf pack
Bagheera pays for Mowgli's acceptance with a bull
Mowgli eventually leaves the wolf pack for the human village
Mowgli is accepted into the Seeonee wolf pack NERFINISHED
Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack NERFINISHED
Shere Khan hunts Mowgli
series The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
setting Indian jungle
timePeriodOfSetting British colonial India NERFINISHED

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The Jungle Book containsStory Mowgli's Brothers