Aslan
Aslan is the great lion in C.S.
Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, a Christ figure who creates and rules the fictional world.
The name comes from the Turkish word for lion.
Outside literary contexts, Aslan appears primarily as a given name or surname: Reza Aslan is a religious scholar.
Prophesied liberator figure
- saviorOne who rescues another
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- resurrectionRevival from death
atonement · salvation · divinity · prophecy · biblical · Christianity · faith · parable
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- fictionImagined narrative work
- protagonistStory's central figure
- novelNew and unusual
children's literature · allegory · British literature · Tolkien · Oxford · series · adventure · classic
Of or befitting royalty
- sovereignSupreme in power
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- kingMale crowned ruler
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
grandeur · splendor · dignified · majestic · glorious · resplendent · exalted · magnificent
Jadis of Narnia
- wardrobeGarment storage furniture
- lamppostPole bearing overhead light
- talking animalsFauna gifted with speech
- ShastaVolcanic peak in California
mane
Neck hair, horse/lion
claws · amber eyes · wild · untamed · fierce · gentle · breath · warmth · fur · powerful
messiah
Prophesied liberator figure
- saviorOne who rescues another
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
resurrection · atonement · salvation · divinity · prophecy · biblical · Christianity · faith · parable · spirituality
C.S. Lewis
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- fictionImagined narrative work
- protagonistStory's central figure
novel · children's literature · allegory · British literature · Tolkien · Oxford · series · adventure · classic · imagination
regal
Of or befitting royalty
authority · grandeur · splendor · dignified · majestic · glorious · resplendent · exalted · magnificent · crowned
White Witch
Jadis of Narnia
- wardrobeGarment storage furniture
- lamppostPole bearing overhead light
- talking animalsFauna gifted with speech
- Wise MentorsGandalf, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mr. Miyagi, Merlin
- lion loreSphinx, Mufasa, Simba, king of beasts
- Fictional RoyaltyCinderella, Ariel, Princess Zelda, Princess Leia, Anastasia
- literary animalsAnimal Farm, white whale, Charlotte's Web, Moby Dick, Watership Down
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- big cat talesThe Jungle Book, Life of Pi, Born Free, Simba, Mufasa
AslanSauron
Satan · Voldemort · Morgoth · Mephistopheles · Lucifer
AslanSatan
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
Antichrist · the devil · Mephistopheles · Beelzebub · false god