# Mummy — Just So Stories character guide

> Mummy in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-how-the-whale-got-his-throat

## Who they are

The narrator's mother who appears in the frame story.

## Relationships

### [Taffy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/taffy)

_family_

Mummy is Taffy's mother, providing care and nurturing in their prehistoric family unit.

### [Taffy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/taffy)

_family_

Mummy is Taffy's mother, providing care and nurturing in their prehistoric family unit.

### [Taffy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/taffy)

_family_

Mummy is Taffy's mother, providing care and nurturing in their prehistoric family unit.

## In the story

### [How the Whale Got His Throat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-whale-got-his-throat)

The Mariner's mother, who gave him leave to paddle.

### [The Cat That Walked by Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-cat-that-walked-by-himself)

The Woman who makes the First Singing Magic, domesticates the animals, and makes a bargain with the Cat.

## Links

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