Talk:Calormen

Calormene myth about Aslan
Has anyone heard the new information in the "People of Calormen" section from an acceptable source? It's certainly not in the books, at least not in nearly that much detail. Wikia Contributor who added that info, where did you get it? Lasaraleen Tarkheena (talk) 00:14, September 20, 2012 (UTC)

Well, the legend about their view on Aslan certainly seems possible, considering how Rabadash reacted to him in HHB, and the fact they're such an arrogrant people. But I don't remember ever hearing this legend spoken in a Calormen POV, though I know the stuff about the Calormenes being descended from outlaws and such came from that Narnia companion/timeline that Lewis or someone published years ago. Storyseeker1 (talk) 08:13, September 20, 2012 (UTC)

I have a hard time believing it. Lewis mentions a Calormene tale of "a Narnian demon in the form of a Lion"; it would seem odd for him to also be a part of their pantheon. I also got the impression that he was much less central in their belief system than this info would suggest. I guess I'll leave it for now because it doesn't run directly contrary to the books and it's therefore vaguely possible it's reliable, but I want to know where it came from. Lasaraleen Tarkheena (talk) 14:41, September 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * It's complete fanfiction, I'm deleting it.


 * Can someone give me a exept?
 * Queencalystathebrave (talk) 21:00, March 20, 2013 (UTC)queencalystathebrave

Calormen Oriental
Forgive me, but nothing that I remember reading about the Calormen people ever sounded oriental to me. Their culture sounded more Arabic, and the people also looked like it from the illustrations provided by Pauline Baynes. Storyseeker1 (talk) 21:24, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

Questions about Calormen Map
So I was browsing through the calormen page today and I saw the map. I also noticed it has no attributation. I first saw it on the Dancing Lawn Forum when EveningStar was writing a story about one of his character's adventures in Calormen. I don't know who created it or how it got here so I will attempt to frame my words carefully. I don't want the rememberance of his creativity to vanish into the dark void of forgetfulness, but I wouldn't others to this page to think this is a official map. Is it possible some sort of note or attribution could be added?

Arabian Nights
I've been listening to an audiobook of the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night as translated by Richard Francis Burton in the 1880s. I mentioned to someone else that I thought CS Lewis had been influenced by this translation specifically - the phrase "the sun appeared dark in my eyes" is one I have only heard in the Narnia series. Many variations of this are present in Nights, like "the light in his sight was changed to the darkness of night."

But I had to stop when they read a mother saying, "Now I will name him Aslбn." The reader pronounced it "Aslan" and in fact the Gutenberg copy uses this spelling afterwards.

To me, that cinches the origin of Calormen and explains a lot of what I remember from Narnia about them.

This is my own research and I haven't read the Narnia series in a long time - bad childhood experiences with the religion (including CS Lewis and his apologetics) have kept me far away as an adult. That's why I haven't edited the article itself. But I needed to share this info in case anyone thinks it's relevant, as this isn't even mentioned on Aslan's page.