List of fictional elephants

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Main article: List of fictional ungulates

This list of fictional elephants is a subsidiary to the List of fictional ungulates. Characters from various fictional works are organized by medium. Non-fictional elephants are listed at List of individual elephants.

This list also includes extinct mammals such as woolly mammoths, mastodons, etc.

Literature

Name	Species	Author	Work	Notes
Babar	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	An elephant king. [1]
Hathi	Asian elephant	Rudyard Kipling	The Jungle Book	Head of the jungle elephant troop; featured in several adventures with the boy, Mowgli.
Horton	Elephant	Dr. Seuss	Horton Hears a Who!	A fictional character from the books Horton Hatches the Egg [2] and Horton Hears a Who! [3] , both by Dr. Seuss. Horton is a kind, sweet-natured elephant who cares about other animals or people.
Kabumpo	Elephant	Ruth Thompson	Kabumpo in Oz	Also known as the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink he was originally a christening gift to the king of Pumperdink, Pompus. [4]
Tantor	African elephant	Edgar Rice Burroughs	Tarzan

Mythology

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Airavata	Elephant	Indian mythology	The creator of clouds.
Ganesha	Elephant God	Indian mythology	A god with human body, four arms and an elephant's head.
Gajendra	Elephant God	Indian mythology	An elephant who was attacked by a crocodile and eventually saved by Vishnu.
Supratika	One of eight elephants who bears the world	Indian mythology	Supratika represents the northeast direction of the world.
Vinayaki	Elephant-headed Hindu Goddess	Indian mythology	An elephant-headed goddess about whom little is known but is thought to be a feminine avatar of Ganesha.

Visual Media

Television

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Mr. Snuffleupagus	Snuffleupagus	Sesame Street	Big Bird's once thought imaginary friend.

Animation

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Ella the Elephant	Elephant	Carmela D' Amico and Steven D' Amico	A Canadian animated preschool television series about a jolly young elephant who wears a big red hat and a blue criss-cross dress.
Elmer Elephant	Elephant	Silly Symphonies	Disney cartoon short. (Not to be confused with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant )

Other

• Ellie the Elephant, Mascot for the WNBA Basketball team the NY Liberty
• Nellie the Elephant, a children’s song about the eponymous elephant
• Welephant, a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman's helmet; icon for promoting fire safety to children, and mascot for the Children's Burn Trust.

See also

• Lists of fictional animals
• List of individual elephants

Notes

References

1. "Jean de Brunhoff".
2. Seuss, Dr. (1968). Horton hatches the egg . Random House. ISBN   978-0-394-80077-6.
3. Seuss, Dr. (1982). Horton hears a Who! . Vol. 2, reissue, illustrated. Random House. ISBN   978-0-394-80078-3.
4. Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 115.