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Aslan – Great Lion, the Son of the Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea, the Lord of Cair Paravel, the Emperor of the Lone Islands, High King of All High Kings and the Creator and Lord of Narnia. More than just a talking lion, Aslan uses the power of Deeper Magic from before the Dawn of Time. Aslan is the only character to appear in all 7 books of the series.
Aslan (/ ˈ æ s l æ n, ˈ æ z-/) is a major character in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. Unlike any other character in the Narnian series, Aslan appears in all seven chronicles. [1] Aslan is depicted as a talking lion and is described as the King of Beasts, the son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea, [2] and the King above all High ...
The middle third of the novel features the creation of the Narnia world by Aslan the lion, centred on a section of a lamp-post brought by accidental observers from London in 1900. The visitors then participate in the beginning of Narnia's history, 1000 years before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [ a ] (which inaugurated the series in 1950).
Lewis had authored a number of works on Christian apologetics and other literature with Christian-based themes before writing the Narnia books. The character Aslan is widely accepted by literary academia as being based on Jesus Christ. [76] Lewis did not initially plan to incorporate Christian theological concepts into his Narnia stories.
As the "son of the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea" (an allusion to God the Father), Aslan is the all-powerful creator of Narnia. Lewis revealed that he wrote Aslan as a portrait, although not an allegorical portrait, of Christ. [8] The White Witch is the land's self-proclaimed queen and the primary antagonist of the story. Her reign in Narnia has made ...
At Aslan's command, King Peter shuts the door on Narnia. Aslan leads the faithful to his country, telling them to go "further up and further in". Soon they encounter Emeth; Aslan has accepted his faithful service to Tash because it was offered in good faith and therefore truly done to Aslan, whereas Tash is served only by evil.
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Outline of Narnia; Magical creatures in The Chronicles of Narnia; Pauline Baynes, original illustrator for the Narnia books and maps; she also illustrated some of J. R. R. Tolkien's books, and drew two poster maps of Middle-earth (but not the ones published in the books). The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)—for details on the films; Discworld