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Puddleglum

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Also known as the Marsh-wiggle, marshwiggle

Puddleglum is a fictional character in the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. Puddleglum appears as a principal character in The Silver Chair, and is mentioned briefly at the end of The Last Battle. Puddleglum is a "Marsh-wiggle", a species invented by Lewis which appears only in this book, and the only Marsh-wiggle given a name or any lines of dialogue. He is gloomy and pessimistic and described by other characters as a "wet blanket", although by his account other Marsh-wiggles are gloomier still.

Key facts

Character.name
Puddleglum
Character.series
Narnia
Character.image
Puddleglum.jpg
Character.caption
Tom Baker as Puddleglum in the BBC serial The Silver Chair
Character.race
Marsh-wiggle
Character.nationality
Narnia

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Wikidata facts

Gender
male
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from narrative universe
Narnia universe
present in work
The Silver Chair
name in native language
Puddleglum
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  • References
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Puddleglum is a fictional character in the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. Puddleglum appears as a principal character in The Silver Chair, and is mentioned briefly at the end of The Last Battle. Puddleglum is a "Marsh-wiggle", a species invented by Lewis which appears only in this book, and the only Marsh-wiggle given a name or any lines of dialogue. He is gloomy and pessimistic and described by other characters as a "wet blanket", although by his account other Marsh-wiggles are gloomier still.

Lewis said that his gardener Fred Paxford served as a model for Puddleglum.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puddleglum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.