FurryMorph92 wrote:On a somewhat related matter, is Kaa really Hindi for snake?
My Hindi is terribly rusty, but I don't believe Kaa means snake, but the word "ka" seems to figure into the phrase commonly used for snake.
Of more interest may be the info found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaa , where one cannot help but see that Kipling's original Kaa was distinctly different from Disney's representation. While much more mentor-like, Kipling's Kaa
did actually try to poison Mowgli once, to be sure, but luckily the century's-old serpent lacked the venom for the task.
I would recommend reading the original as I did some 25 years ago, by-and-by. I remember the "thee shalt"s and "ye would do well"s used by Kipling to be off-putting at first, but this classic story really does tug at the Strings of one's Heart, making it perfect Bedtime Story material for young and old, alike.
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