Rudyard Kipling wrote many animal tales - the Just So Stories, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Jungle Book. Many of his stories read like myths. Are his stories based on the myths of any particular culture, or were they from his own imagination?
I love the Just So stories, but I don't know of any link to mythology. At least, none that I have heard of. I'll do a little research and see if there is any.
I personally think that he just had a wonderful imagination.