NAME/ORIGIN
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Character name
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Puff, The Magic Dragon
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Song/Album
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"Puff, The Magic Dragon"/ (single)
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Act
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Peter, Paul and Mary
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Writer
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Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow
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Release Date
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1962
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ABILITIES
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Powers
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-Immortality
"A dragon lives forever"
-Flight
"painted wings"
-Cast spells, perform feats of magic
"Puff, the Magic Dragon"
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Skills
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Can "frolic" and "play"
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Attributes
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Loyal, protective
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Vulnerabilities
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Loneliness can lead to fear
"Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave"
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Formidability
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Is "mighty"
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Attractiveness
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Has "painted wings"
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Source
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is a dragon. may have picked up spell casting during its long life.
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Goals
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Be devoted to one who is devoted to him
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POSSESSIONS
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Weapons
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Fire-breath
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Amulets
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N/A
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Objects
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"Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuff"
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Clothing
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N/A
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Vehicles
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"A boat with billowed sail"
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Dwelling
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"his cave" located "by the sea"
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Milieu
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"the autumn mists/ in a land called Honnah-Lee"
"along the cherry lane" (a lane lined with cherry trees?)
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BIOGRAPHY
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Gender
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Male
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Age
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Immortal
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Physique
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has "wings" and "green scales" as well as a "gigantic tail"
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Ethnicity
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Reptilian? Dragonish?
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Origin
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N/A
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Ancestry
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N/A
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Profession
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Bodyguard for "little boys"
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Education
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N/A
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SES
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N/A
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Relationships
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"Little Jackie Paper loved... Puff"
"Kings and princes would bow whene'er they came"
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Pets
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N/A
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PERSONALITY
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Morality
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Highly moral
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Intro/extrovert
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Extrovert when with Jackie, otherwise introvert
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Intelligence
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N/A
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Emotions
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Fierce loyalty, general fierceness, loneliness
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Sanity
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Sane
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Enemies
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"Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name"
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Narrative Function
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Protagonist
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Other Notes
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You think you are in a duet, then find out you were just the backup singer when the other guy goes solo. This is the story of poor Puff. Jackie and Puff are true friends, until Jackie grows up and decides it's uncool to hang out with dragons (had Jackie grown up when fantasy literature became mainstream, he would never have stopped hanging out with a dragon!).
It is interesting to hear the story of what happens to an abandoned childhood friend, even an imaginary one, from that character's viewpoint. We sort of got that with Bing Bong in the Pixar film Inside Out, but in Puff's story, he's the main character.
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