Disneyworld Syndromes
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By Utsav Thakur Do you all remember those bedtime stories that you loved as a kid or the Disney movies you watched? While the characters in the Disney tales may be purely fictional, the syndromes named after them are very real. 1) Mowgli Syndrome: “Mowgli Syndrome” is a term used by Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty in her book ‘Other People’s Myths: The Cave of Echoes’ (1995) to describe mythological figures who are able to connect animal and human worlds to become at one with nature, a human-animal, only to become trapped between the two worlds, not completely either animal or human. It is also a descriptive term for so-called feral children. Mowgli Syndrome is not a psychologically or physiologically recognized malady. Most of these children suffer from extreme emotional stress due to abuse or neglect. They find solace in the company of animals to find love, attention. A famous example is the case of Kamala and Amala who were captured in 1920 from Midnapore and discovered in an abandoned hi...