Seeonee wolf pack

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The Seeonee wolf pack is the fictional group of Indian wolves in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book that raises and protects the human child Mowgli.

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Seeonee wolf pack canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional group
fictional wolf pack
adoptsAsCub Mowgli
antagonistOf Shere Khan
appearsInAdaptation various film adaptations of The Jungle Book
appearsInWork The Jungle Book
The Second Jungle Book
banishes Shere Khan from council
basedOnRealPlace Seoni in Madhya Pradesh, India
countryOfOrigin India
createdBy Rudyard Kipling
decisionMakingBody wolf council
firstAppearanceYear 1894
firstAppearedIn short story "Mowgli's Brothers"
linked to: Mowgli's Brothers
followsCode Law of the Jungle
genre adventure fiction
children's literature
governedBy wolf law
hasLeader Akela
hasMember Akela
Father Wolf
Mowgli
Raksha
various unnamed wolves
influences later adaptations of The Jungle Book
initiallyOpposes acceptance of Mowgli
languageSpoken Wolf language
locatedInFictional Seeonee Hills
Seoni region of India
medium literature
meetsAt Council Rock
memberOfFictionalUniverse The Jungle Book universe
moralTheme family beyond blood ties
loyalty and law
notableScene council meeting to decide Mowgli's fate
protects Mowgli
protectsFrom Shere Khan
raises Mowgli
roleInNarrative Mowgli's adoptive family
linked to: Mowgli

collective mentor to Mowgli
settingPeriod British colonial India
linked to: British India
species Indian wolf
ultimatelyAccepts Mowgli as pack member

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

Raksha affiliation Seeonee wolf pack
Akela memberOf Seeonee wolf pack
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack depicts Seeonee wolf pack
Grey Brother family Seeonee wolf pack