Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose starring in his own short story by Rudyard Kipling. Due to a flood, he is wished away from his home and discovered by a British family in a Segowlee Catonment. He defeates and kills three snakes in the story (Karait, Nag and Nagaina), becoming the hero of the garden and living a life of peace with his new family as a housepet.