Aslan (Narnia)

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Aslan (Turkish for lion ) is a fictional lion from the novel series The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis . He is the only character who appears in all seven volumes of the series.

biography

The miracle of Narnia

In The Miracle of Narnia , Aslan creates Narnia by singing a song. He also creates other creatures, such as winged horses. Jadis, who came to Narnia from the world of Charn , finds this song horrific and hurls a street lamp from London at the lion's head, but it ricochets off him and has since stood in the lantern thicket, part of Narnia. Aslan tells the main characters Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer that Jadis will later pose a great threat to Narnia. He crowns Frank , who also came to Narnia, and his wife Helen to be the first kings of Narnia.

The king of Narnia

When Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan Pevensie make their way to Narnia through the closet in Professor Digory Kirkes' house, Jadis, the White Witch, has ruled Narnia for 100 years and ensures that there is eternal winter. The children are confronted with Aslan for the first time when Mr. Biber talks about him. He tells that Aslan is the real King of Narnia and that the 4 children are chosen to free Narnia from the White Witch. Aslan himself first appears at his camp when the children meet him. There also appears the witch who Edmund wants to execute for high treason. She thus refers to a law from the origin of Narnia, according to which she has a right to every traitor of Narnia. But Aslan offers himself in Edmund's place and is killed on the stone table. However, he rises from the dead, defeats the White Witch's troops and kills Jadis. In the end, he crowns the four pevensies as kings of Narnia.

The ride to Narnia

Aslan's influence is initially hidden from the characters. At the beginning of the story he gave Prince Cor of Archenland to a Kalormenen who called him Shasta. On the run from Shasta and the talking horse Bree, he hunts them undetected so that they meet Aravis and the talking horse Hwin. He also comforts Shasta in the form of a cat in her sleep. Later he hunts these four again so that they reach Archenland in time to fight the so-called Archenland conflict against the Kalormenen. The war ends with him turning Rabadash, the prince of the Kalormenen, into a donkey.

Prince Caspian of Narnia

After the Pevensies left Narnia after returning from the closet, Aslan left Narnia. It was not until 1300 Narnia years later that they were recalled by Prince Caspian. During this time Narnia was conquered by the Telmarians, who exterminated much of the Narnian population. When she arrives in Narnia, Lucy sees Aslan first, and gradually the other Pevensies do the same. In the end, Aslan defeated the Telmarians with an army of awakened trees and maenades and recaptured Narnia. Miraz, King of the Telmarians, is killed by his own followers. Caspian is crowned by Aslan as the new king of the Narnianas and the Telmarians. Later the 4 Pevensies leave Narnia and return to their own world, whereby Aslan tells Susan and Peter that they will not come back to Narnia.

The journey on the dawn

Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are brought back to Narnia together with their cousin Eustachius Knilch (English Eustace Scrubb ). When Eustachius becomes a dragon through a curse, Aslan transforms him back. It appears several times in the book but is never obvious. At the end, Aslan appears as a lamb, after which he resumes his usual shape. Finally he shows the mouse Reepicheep the way to his country.

The silver armchair

Eustachius Knilch and Jill Pole come to Narnia through Aslan. Once there, he explains to them that it is their task to find Prince Rilian, the missing son of Prince Caspian. Then Aslan does not appear until the end of the book, but gives the two of them several characters that help them in their search. When he brings Jill and Eustachius back into their world, Aslan shows himself to the tyrants at school to scare them.

The last fight

The villains of the story act in Aslan's name, but Aslan's name only appears at the end of the story. He destroys Narnia and sends the people who are converted to him, as well as the Seven Friends of Narnia (Digory, Polly, Lucy, Edmund, Peter, Eustachius and Jill) to his own country. He explains to them that they are now dead in their world and that the afterlife has now begun.

Christian background

One can see several parallels between Aslan and Jesus Christ . The sacrificial scene in The King of Narnia can be seen as a parallel to the crucifixion of Jesus. In a letter to children, in letters of Narnia - writes CS Lewis to children was held, writes CS Lewis , however: " I did not say to myself," Let by a Lion in Narnia Jesus is, as it really is in our world "But I said:" Let us assume that there was a country like Narnia, and the Son of God would become a man in our world, a lion there, and imagine what would happen then "If you think about it, you will find that it is something completely different. "

Films and actors

German voice actors

Parodies

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lewis, Clive S .: The Chronicles of Narnia . Ueberreuter, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7641-7025-7 .
  2. ↑ Lewis, CS: Letters from Narnia: CS Lewis writes to children . Brendow, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86506-195-9 .
  3. ↑ Gerber, Michael: The Chronicles of Blarnia: The Ultimate Parody . Goldmann, 2005, ISBN 3-442-46211-8 .