The elephant goad, bullhook, or ankusha is a tool employed by mahout in the handling and training of elephants. It consists of a hook which is attached to a 60–90 cm (2.0–3.0 ft) handle, ending in a tapered end.

Mowgli is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Mowgli stories featured among Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book stories. He is a feral boy from the Pench area in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" and then became the most prominent character in the collections The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book (1894–1895), which also featured stories about other characters.