In The Jungle Book, the boy raised by wolves is Mowgli.
Mowgli is the central human character in several stories by Rudyard Kipling. After being separated from his parents in the Indian jungle, he is adopted by Raksha, the Wolf Mother, and Father Wolf. The wolves call him Mowgli, a name associated with the idea of a frog because he has no fur and does not sit still.
He grows up among the Seeonee wolf pack, learning the Law of the Jungle with help from Baloo the bear and Bagheera, a black panther. His chief enemy is Shere Khan, a tiger who wants the pack to surrender the human child. Mowgli eventually uses fire to drive Shere Khan away, but doing so also reveals that he belongs to the human world.
The Jungle Book was published in 1894, and Mowgli’s stories continue into The Second Jungle Book, published in 1895. Adaptations often combine or alter Kipling’s separate stories, so details such as Mowgli’s relationships and adventures may differ between films and the original books.