what is a fievel

A “Fievel” is most commonly known as Fievel Mousekewitz, the young mouse who is the main character in the animated film An American Tail and its sequels. He is a Russian‑Jewish mouse who immigrates to the United States with his family and gets separated from them, then spends the movie trying to reunite with them. The word “Fievel” (also written “Feivel”) is also a Yiddish male given name, originally a diminutive of the name Feivush.