Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral 饾槫饾槱饾槳饾槶饾槬 raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.
Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 23 sequels, several books by Burroughs and other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized.
Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was 饾搥饾捑饾搧饾搧ed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted. Soon after his parents’ death, Tarzan became a feral 饾槫饾槱饾槳饾槶饾槬, and his tribe of apes is known as the Mangani, great apes of a species unknown to science. Kala is his ape mother. Burroughs added stories occurring during Tarzan’s adolescence in his sixth Tarzan book, Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
