Aslan

"When Aslan bares his teeth, winter meets its death, and when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."

- The sword Rhindon

Aslan, the Great Lion, is the creator and one true king of the world of Narnia, and generally a figure of all that is good.&nbsp

Attributes
"He'll be coming and going. 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."

- Mr. Beaver

As he appears in Narnia, Aslan is a large talking lion who is terrifying, magnificent, and beautiful all at once. Aslan appears different sizes to different people, such that his always larger than everyone; as people grow, he grows with them. Aslan is very wise, and a powerful force for good, but as Narnians often say, “he’s not a tame lion.” He can be dangerous, and is an unconquerable enemy if angered.

Aslan is the one true king of Narnia; all of its inhabitants have faith in him and obey him absolutely. Generally, Aslan comes to Narnia to aid its leaders and heroes on important missions for external and personal peace, and to protect it from various evils. He watches over Narnia constantly, although his does not choose to solve all of its problems for its inhabitants. Aslan also periodically brings humans from Earth to Narnia, both to help Narnia and to teach them important lessons.

Aslan is a divine being, and therefore has many vast magical abilities, as well as a certain omnipresence. They are fluid, and probably limitless. He can manipulate, transport and heal. He can manifest himself in different shapes. His breath is known heal those who have been petrified, and boost the morale of the faithless.

The only limits to Aslan’s abilities and autonomy in Narnia are the Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time and the Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time.

Aslan is the son of the Emperor-Over-The-Sea, and comes from the land or world – its exact nature is unknown – known as Aslan’s Country. His birth date, lifespan, and age are unknown.

History
This is Aslan’s history as we can trace it through the books. It is likely that he did much else in the gaps between these accounts. ===Creation of Narnia === "Narnia, Narnia, Narnia, awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters."

- Aslan at the creation of Narnia

Aslan created the world of Narnia in the Earth year 1900. He brought everything –from the creatures, to the landscapes, to the sky and the stars – into being from an empty dark void by singing and roaring. Narnia was made in the image of Aslan’s Country, the “real” Narnia, although it was nothing more than a shadow compared to the latter’s glory. At the creation of Narnia, Aslan also witnessed the writing of the Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time by his father, the Emperor-Over-the-Sea.

Aslan choose two specimens, one male and one female, of each species of dumb beasts inhabiting Narnia upon which to endow the powers of thought and speech. This council eventually spawned the races of talking beasts that populated Narnia for many, many years afterwards.

Aslan crowned Frank and his wife, Helen, two humans from Earth, the first King and Queen of Narnia. It is clear that all humans in Narnia are the descendants of Frank and Helen, and therefore originate from Earth.

Aslan banished Jadis, a half-Jinn, half-giant from the world of Charn, to the northern land of Ettinsmoor.

Aslan ordered Digory Kirke, a human from Earth in Narnia at the time, to fetch an apple from the Tree of Life, and allowed him to take the apple back to Earth in order to heal his sick mother. The apple’s seeds eventually grew into the tree whose wood would become the wardrobe.



White Witch's Usurpation


900 Narnian-years after Narnia's creation, Jadis somehow returned to Narnia, seized power, and ruled for one hundred years, magically placing a seemingly endless Age of Winter upon them for a complete century.

However, the Narnian creatures and people barely lost faith in their lord Aslan, always hoping he would return and defeat the "White Witch", which had become Jadis' new name.

However, Aslan summoned the Pevensie's, a family of four British children from Earth to save Narnia. They learned of Narnia's predicament and soon were leading Aslan's Army in the skirmish at the Stone Table, with Aslan's thankful return.

The Narnians were temporarily saddened when Aslan willingly surrendered himself to the Witch so that he be killed and that Edmund Pevensie could be spared. However, when the Witch executed him on the Stone Table with the Stone Knife, a "deeper magic" miraculously resurrected Aslan in his lion body. He almost immediately after led the Narnians to victory in the Battle of Beruna where he personally killed the Witch by leaping onto her, and mauling her.

Aslan's Missions
During all of the following stories of Narnia's history, from King Caspian X's struggle for power to the rescue of Prince Rilian, Aslan guided Narnian heroes and adventurers from Earth to protect the Narnian world and defend it from evil.

Family

 * The Great Emperor over the sea (Father)
 * Narnians (Creations, children)

Portrayals in Adaptations
In the 1988 BBC television adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Aslan was voiced by Ronald Pickup.

In the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the 2008 film Prince Caspian, and the 2010 film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, he is voiced by Liam Neeson.

In the Focus on the Family Radio Plays, he is voiced by David Suchet.

Trivia



 * Lewis originally did not intend for Aslan to appear in any of the books, until the form of a lion appeared to him in a dream one night.
 * Lewis attempts to convey something of the ineffable mystery of the divine by frequently reminding his readers that "Aslan is not a tame lion."
 * The books also make reference to an Emperor-Over-The-Sea, whose son Aslan is said to be; this further highlights his Christ-like status. The Emperor-over-the-Sea is similar to Eru Ilúvatar of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, in His separation from His creation, or considerable equivalent to God.
 * The words "aslan" and "arslan" are Turkish for "lion", with the word later being adopted in Turkish; it was used as a title by a number of rulers, including the notorious Ali Pasha.
 * Aslan appears in all seven books of the Chronicles of Narnia, the only character to do so.
 * Aslan represents Jesus Christ, according to the author, C. S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis uses the allegory in the books that Aslan is the Lion and the Lamb, also said in the Bible about God.
 * Aslan is said to have nine names but not all of them are given in the series.
 * His might went hand in hand with his kindness because he was in essence the Father of Narnia.
 * In Aslan's Country in The Last Battle, Lucy finds Aslan no longer looks like a lion, but we are not told what he looks like. There have been suggestions that he takes the form of a human - Jesus - since in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy and Edmund are told by Aslan that they must learn to recognize him in their world.
 * Lucy is the closest to Aslan and sees him most often.