Meriem, wife of Korak

Meriem
First appearance	The Son of Tarzan
Created by	Edgar Rice Burroughs
Portrayed by	Mae Giraci Manilla Martan
Information
Aliases	Jeanne Jacot
Gender	Female
Title	Princess
Spouse(s)	Korak (husband)
Children	Jackie (son)
Relatives	Tarzan (father in law) Jane (mother in law) Dawn (granddaughter)
Nationality	French

Meriem is a minor character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels, and the heroine of the fourth, The Son of Tarzan. Born Jeanne Jacot, the daughter of French general Armand Jacot, she is taken captive by Arabs as a child who give her the name Meriem. She is later rescued from her captors by Korak, son of Tarzan, with whom she afterwards lives in the jungle. She is beautiful, strong, athletic, brave, daring and sensitive. She will kill for food but not for sport. The emerging relationship between the two feral teenagers is described sensitively, as the embittered boy and the abused girl learn to live and love together, saving each other from various dangers and drawing to the happy ending in which Meriem marries Korak and is reunited with her father who reveals that she is a "princess in her own right".

Meriem is an example of the "Jungle Girl" archetype, in that she lives in the forest, dressed in skins and scavenging for food, with Korak as her guide and protector. Unlike others of the type, she has a past (she is a kidnap victim) and a future—as the wife of a junior English aristocrat. The tenth Tarzan book, Tarzan and the Ant Men, introduces her young son Jackie.

Portrayal in film

In the 1920 serial The Son of Tarzan, Meriem was portrayed by Mae Giraci as a young girl, and by Manilla Martan as an adult.

External links

Text of The Son of Tarzan at Project Gutenberg

Tarzan

Novels

24 main books by Edgar Rice Burroughs	Tarzan of the Apes (1912) • The Return of Tarzan (1913) • The Beasts of Tarzan (1914) • The Son of Tarzan (1915) • Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916) • Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1919) • Tarzan the Untamed (1920) • Tarzan the Terrible (1921) • Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922/23) • Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924) • Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1927/28) • Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1928/29) • Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929/30) • Tarzan the Invincible (1930/31) • Tarzan Triumphant (1931/32) • Tarzan and the City of Gold (1932) • Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933/34) • Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1932/33) • Tarzan's Quest (1935/36) • Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938) • Tarzan the Magnificent (1939) • Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947) • Tarzan and the Madman (1964) • Tarzan and the Castaways (1965)

Other official works	Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins by ERB (1963) • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold by Fritz Leiber (1966) • Hadon of Ancient Opar by Philip José Farmer (1974) • Flight to Opar by Farmer (1976) • Tarzan: the Lost Adventure by ERB & Joe R. Lansdale (1995) • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures by R. A. Salvatore (1996) • the Dark Heart of Time by Philip José Farmer (1999) • The Adventures of Tarzan by Maude Robinson Toombs (1921/2006) • Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy by Andy Briggs (2011)

Unauthorized works	Barton Werper: Tarzan and the Silver Globe (1964) • Tarzan and the Cave City (1964) • Tarzan and the Snake People (1964) • Tarzan and the Abominable Snowmen (1965) • Tarzan and the Winged Invaders (1965) Philip José Farmer: Tarzan Alive (1972) • Time's Last Gift (1972) • The Adventures of the Peerless Peer (1974) Others: Tarzan Presley by Nigel Cox (2004)

Films

Silent films (8)	Tarzan of the Apes (1918) • The Romance of Tarzan (1918) • The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) • The Son of Tarzan (1920) • The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) • Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) • Tarzan the Mighty (1928) • Tarzan the Tiger (1929)

Johnny Weissmuller (12)	Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) • Tarzan and His Mate (1934) • Tarzan Escapes (1936) • Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) • Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) • Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) • Tarzan Triumphs (1943) • Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) • Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) • Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) • Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

Lex Barker (5)	Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) • Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) • Tarzan's Peril (1951) • Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) • Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)

Gordon Scott (6)	Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) • Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) • Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) • Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) • Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

Jock Mahoney (2)	Tarzan Goes to India (1962) • Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)

Mike Henry (3)	Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) • Tarzan and the Great River (1967) • Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)

Miscellaneous films	Tarzan the Fearless (1933) • The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) • Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) • Tarzan’s Revenge (1938) • Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) • Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970) • Tarzan and the Brown Prince (1972) • Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984) • Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) • Tarzan of the Apes (1999)

Television

Tarzan (1966/68) • Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976/80) • Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) • Io Jane, tu Tarzan (1989) • Tarzán (1991/94) • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996/97) • Tarzan (2003)

Characters

Cheeta • Jad-bal-ja • Kala • Kerchak • Korak • La • Mangani • Meriem • Muviro • Nkima • Jane Porter • Sabor • Tantor • Tarzan • Waziri

Disney version

Films	Tarzan (1999) • Tarzan & Jane (2002) • Tarzan II (2005)

Adaptations	The Legend of Tarzan (episodes) • Musical • Tarzan's Treehouse

Music	Music soundtrack • "You'll Be in My Heart" • "Strangers Like Me" • "Son of Man" • "Two Worlds"

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