Aslan is an allegorical representation of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion. The novel's depiction of Christ's death and resurrection is a clear allusion to the biblical story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Lewis couches an old, familiar story in a new, vibrant setting in order to help us look at the story from a different angle.
Specifically, Lewis wants to capture the attention of children. Lewis seeks to remove children from the oppressive church and Sunday school and to transplant them to a new, fantastic world. There, Lewis can introduce basic concepts of the Christian religion, using an exciting background, with fun characters and talking animals. Aslan the lion lives a similar life as Christ the man, but by using this allegorical device, Lewis can present the story to children with far more immediacy and vividness than could be obtained in any but the most breathtaking reading of the Bible.
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His avatars are different in each world, as are his specific attributes and abilities. It is clear that on Earth, Aslan is Jesus Christ. It is unknown what shape he takes in his own country and it is also unknown what form or forms he takes in the various other worlds.
In the animated feature , Aslan was voiced by Stephen Thorne. The Chronicles of Narnia Wiki Explore. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? View source. History Talk This article is a stub. You can help this Wiki by expanding it. Do you know him? One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down - and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right.
He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion. Beaver Chapter 17 [src]. Isn't there something you can work against it? Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters. And when he began pulling the skin off, it hurt worse than anything I've ever felt. The only thing that made me able to bear it was just the pleasure of feeling the stuff peel off. Shut the Door. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason you were brought into Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you might know me better there.
Tell us of this Deep Magic. I was there when it was written. His blood is my property. The youngest Pevensie is cheerful, kind, and brave. This curious, happy-go-lucky girl is the first of the children to venture into Narnia. Later, she urges her siblings to search for her friend, Tumnus, when they find that the faun's home is ransacked.
In the beginning, she is the protagonist, although Aslan fills that role later in the novel. We view much of the action through her optimistic eyes, as a foil to the skeptical eyes as Edmund. Santa Claus gives Lucy a cordial, which she uses to heal the wounded following the battle with the Witch's troops.
She is known as Queen Lucy the Valiant. Lucy meets Tumnus, a faun, on her first excursion into Narnia. He initially intends to kidnap her and bring her to the White Witch. Tumnus does not go through with it, and he spares her life. For his crime, the Witch ransacks his home and petrifies him.
Later, Aslan rescues Tumnus from the spell. Kind, sensitive, and caring, Tumnus and Lucy become fast friends once it is settled that he is not going capture her. He also makes a mean cup of tea. Professor Kirke is a slightly eccentric, elderly professor. Wise and open-minded, he helps Peter and Susan understand that Narnia may indeed exist.
Beaver is Tumnus's friend, and he aids the Pevensie children in the search for the petrified faun. She is Mr. Beaver's wife. Beaver is kindly, good-natured, motherly, and a good cook. Maugrim is a wolf and the chief of the Witch's Secret Police. Peter murders the evil wolf after Maugrim chases Susan up a tree. Father Christmas is also known as Santa Claus and he makes a cameo appearance in the land of Narnia.
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