Jungle Girls are the female counterpart to Tarzan, Sabu, and countless other wild men and boys clad in flapping loincloths swinging through the trees. Modern interpretations of her began with Rima the Bird Girl, a character in the 1903 novel Green Mansions, which makes her older than Tarzan who debuted in 1912. Like Burrough’s creation she was often an orphan raised in the wilderness by animals or natives, but unlike Tarzan she also appeared as seductress, the wanton Queen or sorceress of a lost civilization. She also played the role of victim for the male adventurer to rescue. Her popularity took off with the pulp and Hollywood age, and she appeared in hundreds of books, adventure magazines, comics, and movie serials. Many incarnations came and went over the years, most forgotten now: Vooda, Nyoka, Lana, Rulah, Taanda, Luana. Sense a pattern here?
Following are some evocative Jungle Girl names writers can use in their own work.
Jungle Girls
| Black Shayina
Jansa the Jaguar Queen Nammina of the Jade Jackal Karida, Lady of the Zebras Ganzha Queen of Paradise Thuvoka the Forest Girl Staranee the Eagle Girl Thuruma, Princess of the Moon Fantna, the Black Huntress Jania, Mistress of the Jungle Farmeena, Queen of the Forest Sabra the Rising Witch Faroka the Falcon Girl Fanta the Elephant Girl Turanee the Lion Girl Nyona the Hyena Girl Beluna the Dingo Girl Farida the Leopard Girl Zanida the Emerald Forest Maiden Rashalina the Swamp Goddess Princess Jondanee of the Sighing City Oyna, the Secret Queen of the trees Thurra the Gentle Huntress Mokkira the Divine Mistress of the Moon Mambalina the Jungle Orchid Yvezana, White Moon of the Rainforest |
Sauma the Blue
Reesa the Barbarian Princess Warrior Queen Rashika Aquilia, the Conqueror Queen Leina of the Lion Clan Vinmeena, the Viking Princess Kyzara the Mercenary Princess Queen Tarona the Savage Oukana the Sacred Queen Nozola, the Destroyer Queen Talkana, the Nomad Princess Tona the She-Devil Thuria the Witch Queen Savage Princess Wiluna Amazon Queen Rhomeena Nika, Princess of the Steppe Green Zanna Karina, the Witch Princess Jaydina the Huntress Alya, Green Ghost of the Forest Tarmeena the Sorceress Queen Cassanee of Sarhonistan Sazha the She-Wolf Mokkana, Savage Lioness of the Plains Xenasa, the Mountain Pearl Ganthonga of the Witch Kingdom |
