Who was the leader of the wolves in "The Jungle Book"?

Akela is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's stories, "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book". He is the leader of the Seeonee pack of Indian wolves and presides over the pack's council meetings. It is at such a meeting that the pack adopts the lost child Mowgli and Akela becomes one of Mowgli's mentors. "Akelā" means "single or solitary" in Hindi and Urdu. Kipling also calls him the Lone Wolf. Kipling portrays Akela with the character of an English gentleman. This is shown by his recurring references to the honour of the pack. He is large and grey and leads the pack by virtue of his strength and cunning.

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Cheryl Perkins

Boy Scouts have a leader called Akela.

John W Shreve

filmnut, I'll bet you remember Donovan's song.

John W Shreve

Joris van Pelt, This is done in Cuba? Yet another example of the foolishness of communism.

Joris van Pelt

the Grand Howl Cuba: "Pack!" As the Scouter enters the circle, the Cubs squat down on their heels with their "fore paws" on the ground between their feet and their knees out on either side. Cubs: "Ah-kay-la! We-e-e-e-ll do-o-o-o o-o-o-u-u-r BEST!" On the word "BEST", the Cubs jump to their feet with two fingers of each hand at the sides of their heads, to resemble a wolf's ears. A Sixer: "Dyb - dyb - dyb -dyb" The word "dyb" means "Do Your Best"

Grant McIntosh

We were Wolf Cubs in the 1950s, not Cub Scouts.

David Colloby

Akela leader of the pack

filmnut

Couldn’t even find a patch. If they really could have looked in side my head . . .

filmnut

Most good Cub Scouts know this right away. I wanted to name my ‘Den’ after Rikki Tiki Tavi “The Mongoose”. It was tantamount to the “Oregon State ‘Ducks’