| Bagheera is a black panther character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. Everybody knew Bagheera but nobody dared to cross his path; for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down. |