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== Comic Books ==
* Definitely [[Sheena, Queen
* Storm of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' spent part of her childhood and adolescence as a Jungle Princess; when her weather powers activated, she was also worshipped as a [[A God Am I|literal goddess]].
** The [[Marvel Universe]] also has Shanna the She-Devil. The similarity between her name and Sheena's is entirely coincidental, of course.
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* Ya'wara from the ''[[New 52]]'' [[Aquaman]] series. Unique in that she's one of the few examples of a Jungle Princess who is an actual person of color rather than a displaced white woman in jungle gear.
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* There's one of these in the artificial jungle in the movie ''[[Who's That Girl?]]''.
* ''The Tiger Woman'', a 1944 Republic film serial, later [[Compilation Movie|edited into the feature ''Jungle Gold'']].
* Nyoka the Jungle Girl from the the 1941 serial ''[[Jungle Girl]]''.
* ''Jungle Goddess'', which was given the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' treatment.
* Tanya Roberts made a pretty good ''[[Sheena]]'' for the
* You could make the argument that Claudia Jennings played one in the trash film ''[[Gator Bait]]'', just switch the jungle for the Louisiana bayou.
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** She's now part of DC's ''First Wave'' [[Two-Fisted Tales|pulp-fiction]] imprint.
* Meriem, the wife of Korak the Killer, son of [[Tarzan]] fits this archetype.
* Deconstructed in ''Gentlemen, the Queen!'' by Wilson Tucker. The titular character, a human girl raised by Martian desert rats and referred to as the Desert Queen, has suffered a lot of realistic consequences from her
* Jasmine from ''[[Deltora Quest]]''. A variation is that she only appeared to Lief and Barda to steal their stuff, but eventually came back and save them before they're eaten by the Wen. She also appears in the anime adaptation. Frequently paired with Lief in fanfiction, and the anime has a few hints of it as well, though you have to look for it to see them.
** Although by the end of the second series, it's clear that {{spoiler|it's officially canon.}}
== Live-Action TV ==
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