List of Narnian Creatures - M

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• Man-Headed Bull - There is a follower of Aslan who is described as a "bull with a man's head", who openly defies the White Witch's claim that Edmund's blood is her property. It is described as having a "great bellowing voice", and stands in contrast to the Minotaurs, who are followers of the White Witch (LWW). This is a backwards version of the Minotaur in some versions of mythology. Whatever the species, it never mentioned again in subsequent books or any of the adaptations.

• Marsh-wiggles - Marsh-wiggles are a race of frog-like humanoids that inhabit the marshes of northern Narnia, south of the River Shribble. They are described as having large ears and green-grey dreadlocks. They have strong leathery skin and very long limbs attached to short torsos. Both their hands and their feet are webbed, as it says in The Silver Chair, "like a duck's". Internally, they are evidently significantly different from humans, although the difference is not specified. For instance, when Puddleglum's hand was chewed by Golg (one of the Earthmen), it is not nearly as damaged as it would have been if Puddleglum had been a human. Marsh-wiggles are known for their pessimistic and depressed outlook on life. They live in large wigwams usually set apart from one another, as Marsh-wiggles like their privacy. They are not a very technologically advanced race, but they do possess both bows and swords. Marsh-wiggles fish for food. They usually catch and consume a creature known as a mudfish, but are very fond of eels when they can get them. The tobacco that they use gives off smoke that is heavier than air. It is said that they mix the tobacco with mud. They also consume a strong, unnamed alcoholic beverage. Marsh-wiggles do most of the work relating to water and fish in Narnia. Jill Pole and Eustace Scrubb are ferried across the Fords of Beruna by a marsh-wiggle. Marsh-wiggles also help dock ships at Cair Paravel. The only Marsh-wiggle named in the series is Puddleglum who appears in The Silver Chair.

• Maenad - (See Nymph)

• Merpeople - Merpeople are half human and half fish. They sing at the coronation of the four Pevensie children (LWW). Merpeople can thus breathe both air and water, unlike the more human but completely aquatic Sea People. In the 2005 Disney film, they are shown to have long, blueish, silvery tails with pinkish fins. An illustration by Pauline Bayes shows them as blonde-haired men and women, with rosy pale skin and green tails and fins, adorned with seaweed and pearls and carrying tridents.

• Minotaur - Minotaurs have the head of a bull and the body of a man. They are followers of the White Witch, and are present both at Aslan's death and at the ensuing battle (LWW) In the movies, they are more bull-like with bull legs, tails and body fur. In the film, the general of the White Witch's Army is a minotaur called Otmin. In the 2008 adaption of Prince Caspian, Minotaurs join the Old Narnians in fighting the Telmarines. In the old animated version, they fought for Aslan despite the White Witch mentioning that she had Minotaur minions.

• Mole - The Talking Moles of Narnia are excellent tunnelers and gardeners. During the reign of the Pevensie children, the chief mole, Lilygloves, plants an apple orchard which the Pevensies partake of when they return hundreds of years later. In Prince Caspian, the Moles are keen to propose digging trenches for no particular reason. Later in the same book, Clodsley Shovel and his Moles dig up turf for the treepeople to eat.

• Monopod (also called Dufflepud) - Monopods are a variety of one-legged dwarf. Lewis specifies that this leg is directly under their torso and "not to one side like the leg of a one-legged man". Their feet are described as "enormous... with the toes curling up a little". They occasionally use their foot as a boat and row themselves around with paddles. They were once normal dwarfs ruled by the fallen star Coriakin. However, they rejected him in favor of their Chief and were transformed into their present state as punishment. They are not as clever as the other dwarfs and follow the word of their Chief to the letter. (VDT).

• Mouse - Unlike the other Talking Animals, Mice did not gain the gift of speech during Narnia's creation. Instead they were given it as a gift for their kindness, after a group of them chewed Aslan free from his bonds as he lay dead on the Stone Table. The Talking Mice, including Reepicheep and Peepiceek, are larger than normal mice. They are loyal, brave, and noble creatures, and excellent with swords (PC).