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White Witch (by Maurice Harron (2016), CS Lewis Square, Belfast).. Jadis is a fictional character and the main antagonist of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) and The Magician's Nephew (1955) in C. S. Lewis's series, The Chronicles of Narnia.
Charn is a fictional city appearing in the 1955 book The Magician's Nephew, the sixth book published in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, written as a prequel to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Charn, and the world of which it is the capital city, are the birthplace of Jadis, also known as the White Witch, who later seizes control of ...
First, Jadis the White Witch infamously took control of Narnia for one-hundred years. Jadis originally ruled as the Empress of Charn as detailed in The Magician's Nephew . Appearing as a tall, powerful woman, Mr. Beaver describes her as a descendant of Lilith , Adam's first wife who was also a Jinn .
She fears the fulfilment of a prophecy that "two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve" (meaning two male humans and two female humans) will supplant her. She is usually referred to as "the White Witch", or just "the Witch". Her actual name, Jadis, appears once in the notice left on Tumnus's door after his arrest.
Jadis: Empress of Charn, who becomes the White Witch appearing in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Aslan: The Lion who creates Narnia and kills Jadis in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; King Frank: A cabby who becomes the first king of Narnia and ancestor of the kings of Archenland
White Stag: Hunted by the Pevensies; rumoured to grant wishes if caught , White Witch: or Queen Jadis of Charn. Once ruler of the dead world of Charn, she subsequently enslaved Narnia in a 100-year winter , Wimbleweather: Of Deadman's Hill, a rather dim 10 foot tall giant
Aslan tells the two main characters—Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer—that the evil Jadis (later to become the White Witch) will pose a great threat to the Narnians. Aslan charges Digory and Polly with a quest to acquire a magic apple that, when planted, will protect Narnia from Jadis.
Jadis is the name of the White Witch in C. S. Lewis's Narnia Chronicles. Jadis may also refer to: Jadis (band), British neo-progressive rock group; Jadis, Iran; Jadis Township, Roseau County, Minnesota, a township in Minnesota, United States; Jadis (The Walking Dead), a character on the television series The Walking Dead