# Witch Doctor — Jungle Tales of Tarzan character guide

> Witch Doctor in Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the witch-doctor, the tribal witch-doctor

**First appearance:** 0003-iv-the-god-of-tarzan

## Who they are

The tribe's cunning medicine man, whose fear of Tarzan curdles into schemes that make the jungle itself feel like a trap.

## In the story

### [IV: The God of Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iv-the-god-of-tarzan)

The witch-doctor performs a ceremony in Mbonga's village, which Tarzan mistakes for a manifestation of God.

### [Tarzan and the Black Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/v-tarzan-and-the-black-boy)

Consulted by Momaya but fails to locate Tibo; driven away by her shrewish tongue after demanding more goats.

### [XI: A Jungle Joke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xi-a-jungle-joke)

Rabba Kega's lion hide, which Tarzan stole, is used by Tarzan for his plan.

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