Seeing this, a goaded the villagers into persecuting Mowgli and his adopted parents as witches. Mowgli ran back to the jungle with Shere Khan's hide but soon learns that the villagers were planning to kill Messua and her husband, so he rescued them and sent 's, buffalo and other animals to trample the village and its fields to the ground. In later years Mowgli found and then discarded an ancient treasure, not realising that men would kill to own it; and with the aid of the python he lead the wolves in a war against the dhole (red dogs). Finally, Mowgli stumbled across the village where his adopted human mother (Messua), was living, which made him realize that he must come to terms with his humanity and decide whether to rejoin his fellow humans. The Name Mowgli The name Mowgli is said to mean 'frog' in the language of the jungle creatures.
According to Kipling. The first syllable of 'Mowgli' is supposed to rhyme with 'cow' and is pronounced this way in Britain. In the USA it is almost always inaccurately pronounced and rhymes with 'go' Canonical appearences • • • • • • • • Non-canon appearences Mowgli by Pierre Joubert.