Marsh-wiggle

The Marsh-wiggles are a race of humanoid creatures that inhabit the marshlands near the River Shribble in the northern parts of the World of Narnia. They have green-grey straw-like hair, large ears, long legs and arms, webbed hands with long fingers, and hard webbed feet, similar to those of ducks. They also have a muddy complexion and greenish skin. They had an extremely pessimistic view on life. They live in small structures called Wigwams. Marsh-wiggles liked their privacy, so their wigwams were spread far apart from each other.

They are excellent archers and fishermen. As as a result of this, their diet includes eel stew, eel pie, and fricasseed frogs. They smoke a strange sort of heavy tobacco, said by some to be mixed with mud, out of pipes. The smoke from their pipe was heavy, and did not rise but floated to the ground. The march-wiggle Pudleglum was said to have enjoyed whiskey. Marsh-wiggles do much of the work involving fishing and watercraft in Narnia, such as docking ships at Cair Paravel, and ferrying people across rivers. Marsh-wiggles may also have helped man the Narnian navy. The Owls considered them the only people that could help Jill Pole and Eustace Scrubb reach the Ruined City of the Giants.

Notable Marsh-Wiggles

 * Puddleglum