# Mother Jaguar — Just So Stories character guide

> Mother Jaguar in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Even Painted Jaguar, Mother

**First appearance:** 0006-the-beginning-of-the-armadillos

## Who they are

The Painted Jaguar's mother who gives him hunting advice.

## Relationships

### [Painted Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/painted_jaguar)

_family_

Mother Jaguar is the parent of Painted Jaguar, guiding and sometimes scolding her son in their jungle adventures.

### [Painted Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/painted_jaguar)

_family_

Mother Jaguar is the parent of Painted Jaguar, guiding and sometimes scolding her son in their jungle adventures.

### [Painted Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/painted_jaguar)

_family_

Mother Jaguar is the parent of Painted Jaguar, guiding and sometimes scolding her son in their jungle adventures.

## In the story

### [The Beginning of the Armadillos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-beginning-of-the-armadillos)

Gives advice to her son about eating hedgehogs and tortoises. Later suggests the name 'Armadillo' for the new creature.

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