Character

Puddleglum

Also known as Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle

A Marsh-wiggle who guides Jill and Eustace across the northern lands. His determined pessimism, practical courage, and defiance of enchantment make him indispensable to Rilian’s rescue.

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Primary sources

In the chronicles

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The Silver Chair24 cited passages⌄

1. Chapter V · paragraph 5…ace without trees. "Tu-whoo, tu-whoo!" Glimfeather was calling. "Wake up, Puddleglum. Wake up. It is on the Lion's business."Open passage →
2. Chapter V · paragraph 27"Puddleglum's my name. But it doesn't matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again."Open passage →
3. Chapter VI · paragraph 10"Keep straight on," whispered Puddleglum, who had noticed them too. "Don't look at them. And whatever you do, don't run. They'd all be after us in a mom…Open passage →
4. Chapter VI · paragraph 14"No," said Puddleglum. "We'd be a good deal safer if they were. They're trying to hit that--that cairn over there to the right. They …Open passage →
5. Chapter VII · paragraph 7…he next thing she noticed was, naturally, the anxious faces of Scrubb and Puddleglum looking down at her from the edge.Open passage →
6. Chapter VII · paragraph 9"Both legs broken, I shouldn't wonder," shouted Puddleglum.Open passage →
7. Chapter VIII · paragraph 3Thinking to himself that he would never forgive her (or Puddleglum either), Scrubb licked his lips and shouted up to the King giant.Open passage →
8. Chapter VIII · paragraph 9"And what's that?" asked the King, pointing to Puddleglum.Open passage →
9. Chapter IX · paragraph 3Scrubb and Puddleglum both did their best, but girls do that kind of thing better than boys. Even boys do it better than marsh-wiggle…Open passage →
10. Chapter IX · paragraph 5Suddenly Puddleglum turned to them, and his face had gone so pale that you could see the paleness under the natural muddiness of hi…Open passage →
11. Chapter X · paragraph 3"We fell down by accident," said Puddleglum, truthfully enough.Open passage →
12. Chapter X · paragraph 8"Well!" said Puddleglum, rubbing his hands. "This is just what I needed. If these chaps don't teach me to take a serious view of life, …Open passage →
13. Chapter XI · paragraph 10…re thoroughly tired of the Knight's talk before they had finished supper. Puddleglum was thinking, "I wonder what game that witch is really playing with this young fool." Scrubb was thinking, "He'…Open passage →
14. Chapter XI · paragraph 17"No, go back," said Puddleglum. "We may pick up some information, and we need all we can get. I am sure that Queen is a witch and an enemy. An…Open passage →
15. Chapter XII · paragraph 9"Yes there is, though, Ma'am," said Puddleglum. "You see, I happen to have lived there all my life."Open passage →
16. Chapter XII · paragraph 11"Up there," said Puddleglum, stoutly, pointing overhead. "I--I don't know exactly where."Open passage →
17. Chapter XIII · paragraph 1…ger of interruption for the present. Their first business was, of course, Puddleglum's burnt foot. A couple of clean shirts from the Prince's bedroom, torn into strips, and well greased on the ins…Open passage →
18. Chapter XIII · paragraph 3"If you ask me----" began Puddleglum, when Scrubb interrupted.Open passage →
19. Chapter XIV · paragraph 5"That's all very well, Pole," said Puddleglum cautiously. "But those gnomes didn't look to me like chaps who were just running away. It looked more like mili…Open passage →
20. Chapter XIV · paragraph 7…ll be sworn 'tis an honest gnome," said the Prince. "Let go of it, friend Puddleglum. As for me, good Golg, I have been enchanted like you and your fellows, and have but newly remembered myself. A…Open passage →
21. Chapter XV · paragraph 6"Nothing much yet," said Jill. "I say, Puddleglum, let go my legs so that I can stand on your shoulders instead of sitting on them. I can steady myself all right…Open passage →
22. Chapter XV · paragraph 13"I don't know, Scrubb," groaned Puddleglum. "Born to be a misfit, I shouldn't wonder. Fated. Fated to be Pole's death, just as I was fated to eat Talking …Open passage →
23. Chapter XVI · paragraph 2Jill sat up and looked around. Puddleglum and Eustace were lying not far away, both fast asleep.Open passage →
24. Chapter XVI · paragraph 9"Where's the Prince?" was the first question of Eustace and Puddleglum as soon as they had been waked.Open passage →

The Last Battle1 cited passage⌄

1. Chapter XVI · paragraph 30…of those countries) seemed to be there. There was Glimfeather the Owl and Puddleglum the Marshwiggle, and King Rilian the Disenchanted, and his mother, the Star's daughter, and his great father, C…Open passage →

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Connections

Follow another path

CharacterJill Pole

Eustace’s schoolmate and a Friend of Narnia.

→CharacterEustace Scrubb

A Pevensie cousin whose first voyage to Narnia changes him profoundly.

→PlaceUnderland

The underground realm ruled by the Lady of the Green Kirtle.

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