Gurgi

Gurgi is a fictional character in The Chronicles of Prydain, the series of fantasy novels by Lloyd Alexander. Gurgi is the hero Taran's faithful companion, appearing in all five books. Exactly what Gurgi is supposed to be is never clearly stated. He is described as being some sort of cross between man and animal (although lacking the intelligence of one and the wisdom of the other, respectively), having long arms, covered with fur and leaves, and... more

Gurgi is a fictional character in The Chronicles of Prydain, the series of fantasy novels by Lloyd Alexander. Gurgi is the hero Taran's faithful companion, appearing in all five books. Exactly what Gurgi is supposed to be is never clearly stated. He is described as being some sort of cross between man and animal (although lacking the intelligence of one and the wisdom of the other, respectively), having long arms, covered with fur and leaves, and ever hungry. His manner of speech is filled with rhymed pairs of words ("crunchings and munchings", "boatings and floatings", "sneakings and peekings"), and redundant phrases ("see with lookings!"); he refers to himself in the third person. Gurgi is humble and loyal toward his human companions, at first submitting even to Taran as a "noble lord". Gurgi is one of the few characters to appear in all five books of the series, the others being Taran, Fflewddur, Dallben and Coll. In The Book of Three Taran first meets Gurgi in his quest to locate... less