Talk:Mowgli

Historical oversight
Mowgli as a character is very much resembling the "Great Moghul" Shah Alam II.

These assumptions of mine make the Jungle Book very fascinating both historical and as fiction. Fjgdh5 (talk)\Fjgdh5 (talk)\\ —Preceding undated comment added 21:48, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Note: this article has a large overlap with the article on The Jungle Book. Should some of this material be moved there instead?

New idea: separate article for each story... Lee M 17:42, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Started with "Mowgli's Brothers" but still a lot to do.
 * Hmm. I've been meaning (famous last words) to write articles for all the Jungle Book stories for ages now...it's not as if I don't have access to the source material, after all. Soon, hopefully. Lee M 03:29, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * 1) I think Mowgli was originally stolen by a Shere Khan from humans and escaped when Shere Khan clumsily stumbled into the fire. Later Buldeo the village chief remarks, that Messua's son was also taken by tiger.
 * Yes, but Mowgli suspects that Messua's son was a different boy. In The Jungle Play Mowgli finds proof that he isn't Messua's son, but I admit I've always preferred the book for keeping it ambiguous. Lee M 19:34, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is better if we never find out for certain. Das Baz 17:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

In Tiger! Tiger!, Messua herself concludes that Mowgli is not Nathoo: ""No," she said, sorrowfully; "those feet have never worn shoes, but thou art very like my Nathoo, and thou shalt be my son."" Piers1943 (talk) 15:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think she's ever completely certain about it. In "The Spring Running" she refers to her new son as Mowgli's brother, though he denies it. Lee M (talk) 01:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Origin of name
These two statements from the article are contradictory:

--Distinguisher (talk) 12:06, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The character is also based on the factual person Mowgli O'Brien.
 * Kipling made up the name
 * Kipling made up the name


 * "Mowgli O'Brien" doesn't appear to exist outside of this article (and copies of it on other sites). Given the improbability of the name, I'm assuming it's a prank and removing that statement. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 17:02, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I wonder whether Kipling was subconsciously aware of the Korean word 머구리 'frog', which can be transliterated meoguli. —Mahāgaja · talk 10:57, 16 December 2019 (UTC)