# Matkah — The Jungle Book character guide

> Matkah in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** gentle Matkah

**First appearance:** 0005-the-white-seal

## Snapshot

A gentle sea lion mother who teaches her restless pup the ways of the Northern Sea, warning him against the hunters who take his kind.

## Who they are

Matkah raises Kotick among the crowded rookeries, patient with his endless questions and firm when he strays too far from the shallows. She carries the memory of the men who come for seals, and her caution gives her pup the fear that eventually turns into purpose. Her quiet devotion is the emotional ground beneath Kotick's long search for a place his people can be safe.

## In the story

### [The White Seal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/the-white-seal)

Kotick's mother, who admires the fighting of her menfolk.

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