In the end, Aslan told Lucy that in real world,
he known as the other name...
Is it reffering to God?
Close. Pretty sure he's supposed to be Jesus.
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The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know it for the first time.
Yes.
shareI thought about God aswell.
shareIn the first book "The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe", he is a Jesus figure but by the end of the series, he becomes God because the whole "Aslan's Great Father, The Emperor-beyond-the-Sea" thing is abandoned by the end of the third book, "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", when Heaven becomes known as "Aslan's Country" and not "The Emperor-beyond-the-Sea's Country". In fact, I think that after TLTWATW, The Emperor-beyond-the-Sea in never mentioned again in the books. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it is.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
Pretty much the christian God.
He's a lion(Jesus is described as both a lion and a lamb).
He's the son of the "Emperor beyond the Sea"
Later it's clear that he and the emperor is one
He sacrifices himself in the place of a sinner and then raises from the death.
in the last book(The Last Battle) all the characters, dead and alive, are judged by Aslan
and then the world of Narnia goes under and disperses, the ones that
followed Alsan are then taken to Aslan's country.
The man who wrote the Narnia series was a Christian Catholic so he wrote it with a lot of symbolism to his faith
The children are to called sons of Adam and daughters of Eve - the first humans God made
The witch is supposed to be the Satan - who tries to trick people into thinking what's wrong is okay
Aslan symbolizes Jesus who is God ( catholic teaching)
In the first movie aslan offers himself instead of Edmond this symbolizes how Jesus died for all people`s salvation
When ask aslan is sacrificed on the altar it is a symbol of Catholics worship the sacrifice of the Mass
She lays him on a altar and cuts him with a knife this is a symbol for when Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross and a soldier pierced his side
When Susan and Lucy are looking on it resembles how Mary the mother of God and other woman were watching Jesus die
And when aslan came alive again it is like how Jesus resurrected on the third day
I don't know much about the second movie sorry but I'm sure online you can find some symbolizes
In the third movie is all about resisting temptation
Lucy wanting to be pretty - the sin of vanity
Edmond wanting to be rich and rule - sin of greed and pride
The mist is temptation for sin
The cave with all the mist is sort of like hell or a place of devils
When the mist can take any form it symbolizes Satan and the devils because they can take any kind of form if God permits it to test us
Aslan land is heaven
The waterfall if the gate to heaven when Rickety ( the mouse ) asks to be able to see Aslan answers he is noble of heart and may be allowed to enter showing that God will reward the worthy with being permitted into heaven
And when aslan says he belongs in our world by a different name is means God but since this is by a Catholic he mean the trinity God the Father God the Son (Jesus) and God the holy spirit - one God but three parts
In all the movies when no time has passed it is like heaven how there is no time with God just eternal
That's all I know but there are many more symbolism s to the authors catholic faith I'm sure they are on line somewhere if you would like to check it out its actually really cool! But to answer your question aslan symbolises God he symbolizes all three persons in God ( the trinity) God the Father , Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit
C.S. Lewis was definitely a Christian, but he was Church of England, which does have many of the characteristics of the Roman Catholic Church. His close friend, JRR Tolkien (author best known for The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy) was a Roman Catholic. In their best known works there is a lot of Christian symbolism. Aslan is a Christ figure in Lewis' work and Frodo is the Christ figure in the LOTR trilogy, among other similarities to Christian belief.
I could be a morning person if morning happened at noon.
Tolkien tried to convert lewis when he came back to the faith to become a catholic like him, and was meant to have been very upset when he went to the COE
shareMoreover, Tolkien disliked the Narnia books and criticized Lewis' belabouring the Christian symbolism -- compare LOTR. I think most people see the books as allegory (which Tolkien heartily disliked), although Lewis protested that the books were NOT allegory (perhaps in his Oxford Prof's technical jargon).
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Actually, C.S. Lewis was not a Catholic but an Episcopalian, which is close but not a total theological match. He was mentored into the faith in part by J.R.R. Tolkien, who was a Catholic, but Lewis rejected the denomination.
I found it funny and sad at the same time, they didn't come right out and say Jesus because they were oh so scared of offending general audiences, even though the book was written to have Aslan be Jesus. That's the whole point.
share- But if they had come right out and said 'Jesus' that would certainly have been wrong, because although it perfectly clear what Lewis meant, he was careful never to 'come right out and say so'. That is part of the point.
shareAgree, it would take people to much out of the story. I think is as even a bit much here... they could have been more subtle, or perhaps reference religion more broadly...
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