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Fictional character, head wolf in the service of the White Witch (Narnia, book 1) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maugrim is a fictional character in the 1950 novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. A Narnian wolf, he is the Captain of the White Witch's Secret Police. In early American editions of the book, Lewis changed the name to Fenris Ulf (a reference to Fenrisúlfr, a wolf from Norse mythology),[1][2][3] but when HarperCollins took over the books they took out Lewis' revisions,[4] and the name Maugrim has been used in all editions since 1994.[3][5]
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Maugrim | |
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Narnia character | |
![]() Maugrim as depicted by Leo and Diane Dillon | |
In-universe information | |
Race | Talking Grey wolf |
Gender | Male |
Title | Captain of the Secret Police |
Nationality | Narnian |
Maugrim is one of the few Talking Animals who sided with the Witch during the Hundred-Year Winter. Nikabrik in Prince Caspian indicates that Narnian wolves have no loyalty to the lion Aslan.[6]
Maugrim is first mentioned when the Pevensie children arrive at Mr. Tumnus's ransacked cave, announcing the faun's arrest by the Secret Police for not handing over Lucy Pevensie to the White Witch.
He is first seen when guarding the entrance to the White Witch's castle; he takes Edmund's message to the witch and allows to come inside. Maugrim is subsequently described as "a huge grey beast – its eyes flaming – far too big to be a dog".[7]
The White Witch then sends Maugrim and the fastest of his wolves to the Beavers' house, to "kill whatever they find there", and to make "all speed" to the Stone Table if the Beavers and Edmund's siblings have already left. The wolves find the house empty, and the harshness of the witch's imposed winter prevents them from finding any tracks or scent.
As instructed, they head through the snowy night until they reach the Stone Table to wait for the witch, but by the time they reach it, the snow has melted and the witch has been forced to continue on foot.
As Aslan's army assembles near the Stone Table, Maugrim pounces out of the bushes and attacks Susan Pevensie, and is killed by Peter Pevensie, for which the latter is given the title "Sir Peter Wolfsbane". Aslan's creatures then follow Maugrim's subordinate wolf to the White Witch, enabling them to rescue Edmund.
When informed about Maugrim's death, the White Witch sends the same wolf to rally her army so that they can meet her at her current position as speedily as they can.
Maugrim is mentioned in Prince Caspian when Peter retrieves his sword from the treasury of Cair Paravel, stating, "It is my sword Rhindon ... with it, I killed the Wolf".
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