Puddleglum
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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.
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
- Instance of
- literary character
- Gender
- male
- Creator
- C. S. Lewis
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- from narrative universe
- Narnia universe
- present in work
- The Silver Chair
- name in native language
- Puddleglum
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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.
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