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Animals (complete list)

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This page is a complete list of all animals, creatures, and beings native to the World of Narnia. It is to be treated as a masterpost for both the Chronicles and all the adaptations.

For more specific information, see the subpages Talking animals, Non-talking animals and Supernatural beings.

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B

  • Badger:
    • Badgers were among the creatures chosen to be talking beasts on the day of Narnia's creation.
    • Talking badgers such as Trufflehunter were often intelligent, kind, loyal and steadfast. Many badgers including the three hardbiters sided with the old Narnians to fight the Telmarines (Prince Caspian).
    • Badgers were also present at the meeting at Stable Hill (The Last Battle).
  • Barbarians:
  • Bat:
    • Nocturnal creatures that dwell in the caves of Narnia, and the only winged mammals that can fly. Giant bats were among Jadis followers.
  • Bear:
    • Bears were among the creatures chosen to be talking beasts on the day of Narnia's creation.
    • A bear was traditionally one of the Marshals of the Lists.
    • The eldest of the Bulgy Bears was known to suck his paw at inopportune moments (Prince Caspian).
    • Black bears could be seen as part of Aslan’s Army. During the Battle of Beruna, one was seen fighting a white tiger, while another takes down a wolf. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (film).
    • Polar bears could be seen carrying the White Witch's carrier as part of her army in the first Walden movie.
    • Bears were also present at the meeting at Stable Hill, one of the bears helped King Tirian fight the Calormens. (The Last Battle).
  • Beaver:
  • Bee:
    • Bees were among the animals brought up by Aslan during the creation of Narnia. They immediately began collecting pollen from flowers like they had no time to lose. A bear also tried to feed a beehive full of honey and live bees to Andrew (The Magician's Nephew).
  • Boar:
    • Talking beasts resembling pigs with great tusks and shaggy hair, which are among those that fight in Aslan's Army and then together with Caspian against the Telmarine army in the Walden movies.
    • In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, many boars joined Aslan’s army to help fight against the white witch. During the First Battle of Beruna, 2 boars can be seen charging with Aslan’s army against the Witch’s army, and another boar was seen fighting a black dwarf, one boar was turned to stone by the Witch during the battle, but was revived by Aslan.
    • In The Last Battle, a boar helped King Tirian fight the Calormens.
  • Buffalo:
    • Talking beasts similar to bulls, are large herbivores who lived in Narnia.
    • Two were seen when they were called out of the ground when Narnia was made (The Magician's Nephew).
  • Bull:
    • Very tough and strong horned creatures who fought on Aslan’s Army (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe).
    • In The Last Battle, many talking bulls were present at the meeting at stable hill. One of the talking bulls fought with the Calormens alongside a few rebellious Narnians, but was later killed.
  • Butterfly:

C

  • Camel:
  • Cat:
    • One talking cat, Ginger, who was supportive of Shift and the Calormenes, was notably changed back into a dumb animal by Aslan because of his treachery at the Battle of Stable Hill (The Last Battle).
    • In Prince Caspian, when the Narnians were infiltrating Miraz’s castle, Reepicheep and his mice spotted a cat, and bound it, before it wakes up.
  • Centaur:
    • A sentient creature found only in Narnia, with the head, torso, and arms of a human but the body of a horse. Many of them are stated to have had chestnut colored coats and their hair and beards are stated to be a color similar to chestnut, but with a little more gold, or red, or brown, but some centaurs and have blonde hair or black hair. They were stern and wise. They could live for as long as five hundred years, and as a result they spent much time interpreting the movements of the stars over great cycles [The Last Battle]. They needed to eat two breakfasts to feed their two stomachs. For their human stomach, they eat "porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omelette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer". For their horse stomach, they graze on grass and eat "hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar" (The Silver Chair). One Centaur, Roonwit, drinks a bowl of wine enough for six strong men in one draught (The Last Battle). In battle the Centaurs used swords and hooves, and are noted as excellent strategists. It is said that no one ever laughs at a Centaur, and that no one who values his life would ever try to put a saddle on one.
    • Orieus is a centaur that is exclusive to the Walden-Disney adaptations.
  • Cheetah:
  • Chicken:
    • Unintelligent birds lacking speech that were hunted by many beasts and creatures for them to eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Chickens were also kept by humans for their meat as well as their eggs. They can be served in many ways, such as using their livers for a rice dish with raisins and nuts, or as cock-a-leekie soup.
    • Chickens were added as portions in the Autumn Feast by the Gentle Intelligent giants of Harfang (The Silver Chair).
    • Chickens were also kept aboard the Dawn Treader, where it was Lucy's task to care for them until they were swept overboard in a sea storm (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader).
  • Cockatrice:
    • Half-rooster, half-dragon. Unlike the ones that most people see as dangerous mythical beasts, these ones are kind and gentle ones that fight in Aslan's Army.
  • Cougar (also known as pumas):
    • A species of big cats that live in the forests of Narnia. Two were seen when they were called out of the ground when Narnia was made (The Magician's Nephew).
  • Cyclopes:

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  • Dog:
    • Dogs were among the creatures chosen to be talking beasts on the day of Narnia's creation. A bulldog was among the animals that chased after Uncle Andrew, as seen in an illustration by Pauline Baynes (The Magician's Nephew).
    • In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, many talking dogs fought on Aslan’s Army to defeat the White Witch’s Army.
    • In Prince Caspian, Dogs later fight with the Old Narnians against the Telmarine army. 
    • The talking dogs of Narnia were intelligent, although they retaind stereotyipcal dog-like behaviour and appearance. One group of dogs "put their front paws on the shoulders of the humans and licked their faces". Dogs consider it either an insult or a demeaning punishment to call another dog a "boy" or a "girl". This is considered to be as demeaning as a human calling another human a "dog" (The Last Battle).
  • Donkey:
    • Donkeys were among the creatures chosen to be talking beasts on the day of Narnia's creation.
    • Talking but foolish beasts. Silenus rode upon a Donkey during the Bacchanalia (Prince Caspian).
    • One notable talking donkey is Puzzle who was easily manipulated by an ape named Shift (The Last Battle).
  • Dragon:
    • A scaly, reptilian creature found only on Narnia that could fly with bat-like wings and breathe fire and smoke; dragons hoarded gold, and although they were classified as talking beasts by intelligence, they did not have the physiological ability to actually talk in any human language. The statue of what appeared to be a dragon was among the statues in the Witch's courtyard, and an actual one was shown during the battle, likely fighting for the Witch as it had a squirrel in its grasp. They had once lived on Dragon Island where Eustace Scrubb, during a visit there, after watching a dragon die (who may have been a transformed Lord Octesian), spent a night in a dragon cave and tried on a piece of dragon gold. When he awoke, he had discovered that he had turned into a dragon himself. This event changed Eustace's life, and Aslan soon turned him back into a human once his lesson was learned. The island was thus named after the dragon curse it maintained (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader). Dragons, along with salamanders, also apparently inhabited Bism where they were put into an enchanted sleep when Eustace, Jill Pole, and Puddleglum were on their way to see the Lady of the Green Kirtle. At the end of Narnia, these dragons were finally awakened by Aslan to aid in the fiery destruction of the Narnian world by tearing up all of the trees before immediately growing old and dying, their flesh rotting away leaving behind only the skeletons. The behaviors and lifestyles of Narnian dragons were never fully studied.
  • Dryad:
    • Dryads were tree spirits that were capable of leaving their trees and assuming a physical body resembling human form. Each individual dryad is spiritually bound to one tree and if that tree dies or is cut down, its dryad will die as well. Female dryads usually inhabit such tree as beeches, silver birches, larches and willows, while male dryads, who are usually referred to as "Wood Gods", are spiritually tied to trees like oaks, elms, hollies, and rowans. They were fond of dancing and often danced with fauns. They were capable of marrying human men and woman, and sire human children.
    • In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, dryads appeared to have sided Aslan, while some of them joined The White Witch. They later appeared in Prince Caspian and The Last Battle.
  • Ducks:
  • Dufflepud:
  • Dwarf:
    • Dwarfs are classified as Sons of Earth and exist in at least two (and possibly more) varieties: Black Dwarfs and Red Dwarfs. Black Dwarfs wear black beards that are "as thick and hard as horsehair", while Red Dwarfs have hair "rather like a Fox's" (Prince Caspian). All documented dwarfs are male (except Clipsie, the daughter of the Chief Dufflepud, who was a dwarf before she became a Dufflepud) and live together in communities, although they occasionally mingle with and reproduce with human women. Consequently, it was possible for there to be females of dwarfish descent despite the lack of female dwarfs. Dwarfs were prolific smiths, miners, and carpenters. In battle, they are renowned as deadly archers and can walk all day and all night (The Last Battle). One Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, says that the White Witch was not an enemy to the Dwarfs (Prince Caspian), and indeed, there are "evil dwarfs" present among her horde at the sacrifice of Aslan (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe). Later in the chronology, nearly all of the Dwarfs adopt the mantra "the Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs" and kill anybody in their way, be they good or evil (The Last Battle).
    • In the special edition of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (film), during the scene where Edmund is walking through Jadis' courtyard full of statues, there is a statue of female dwarf in the arms of her dwarf husband.

E

  • Eagle:
  • Earthman:
    • Earthmen were gnomic natives of the land called Bism, which lies far beneath the surface of the Narnian earth. In The Silver Chair, the Lady of the Green Kirtle places the Earthmen under an enchantment and forces them to dig a tunnel to the surface of Narnia in preparation for an invasion. They vary greatly in their appearance; Lewis states that they are "of all sizes, from little gnomes barely a foot high to stately figures taller than men. All carried three-pronged spears in their hands, and all were dreadfully pale, and all stood as still as statues. Apart from that, they were very different; some had tails and others not, some wore great beards and others had very round, smooth faces, big as pumpkins. There were long, pointed noses, and long, soft noses like small trunks, and great blobby noses. Several had single horns in the middle of their foreheads". They also had different numbers of toes.
  • Eel:
    • Eels were often hunted by the Marsh-wiggles in the Marshlands (The Silver Chair).
  • Efreet:
  • Elephant:
    • Elephants were among the largest animals in Narnia, and among the creatures chosen to be talking beasts on the day of Narnia's creation. The Talking Elephants shrink slightly, smaller than their earth counterparts. However, their still the biggest animals in Narnia. The first Bull Elephant was called by Aslan at the First Council of Narnia to discuss the Evil, and his wife the Elephant Cow was in charge of the animals who help Andrew Kirke captive for Aslan to check. Later both the elephants and a few dwarves with their axes worked together on freeing Andrew. the Elephants were present when King Frank and Queen Helen were made the first King and Queen of Narnia. (The Magician's Nephew).
  • Elk:
  • Ettin:
    • Two-headed giants from the northern land of Ettinsmoor. They are followers to the White Witch.

F

  • Falcon:
  • Faun:
    • Fauns were woodland creatures with the legs of a goat and the upper body of a human. They characteristically had curly hair, small horns, and long tails. They enjoyed dancing and playing music, and their faces were simultaneously "mournful and merry". Female fauns are not mentioned, though Mr. Tumnus said that he had a father, which implies that he must have a mother. (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe).
    • In Prince Caspian, many Fauns sided with the old Narnians to help fight against Miraz, and the Telmarines.
  • Ferret:
  • Fish:
  • Flamingo:
    • Flamingos were first mentioned when they were called out of the ground (seen in an illustration; The Magician's Nephew).
  • Fox:
  • Frog:
    • Frogs were noble amphibians that were friends to the Marsh-wiggles (The Silver Chair). When they first appeared in Narnia, they immediately leapt into the pond with a croak (The Magician's Nephew).

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  • Gaur:
  • Gazelle:
  • Gemsbok:
  • Ghoul:
  • Giant:
    • Giants were tall, usually dim-witted humanoids in the world of Narnia. Many Giants lived in the lands that lay North of Narnia, including the stupid Giants of Ettinsmoor, who fight each other with stone hammers, and the Giants of Harfang that are smart, intelligent, and "kind people" to others that they meet. (The Silver Chair). There were also honourable giants such as the Buffins, who were "one of the most respected of all the giant families in Narnia. Not very clever, perhaps (I never knew a giant that was), but an old family. With traditions, you know." . Notable Giants include Rumblebuffin (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe), Wimbleweather (Prince Caspian), and Stonefoot (The Last Battle). A two-headed Giant named Pire was turned into a mountain (The Horse and His Boy). Female giants are often seen in The Silver Chair. The word for female giants is giantess.
  • Giraffe:
    • Tall beasts that were first mentioned when they were called out of the ground (seen in an illustration; The Magician's Nephew).
  • Goat:
  • Goblin:
  • Goose:
  • Gorillas:
    • Gorillas are one among the talking beasts that live in Narnia. They have been present since the dawn of Narnia's history, when Aslan sung them into existence.
    • Gorillas are strong, intelligent apes that fight in Aslan's Army. Many gorillas were present when the Pevensies and the beavers arrive at Aslan’s Camp. Later during the First_Battle_of_Beruna_(Walden), one gorilla was seen dragging down a Minotaur, and another struggled with a werewolf. After the battle, gorillas were present at the Pevensie’s coronation (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe).
  • Gryphon:
    • Gryphons are one among the talking beasts that live in Narnia. They have been present since the dawn of Narnia's history, when Aslan sung them into existence. They’re magnificent creatures, which their part-eagle and part-lion with large ears. They fight alongside the Pevensies in both the LWW and PC movies. One also appear in the BBC miniseries.
  • Guinea Pig:
    • Guinea pigs were the small animals Andrew_Ketterley_(books) used in his experiments with the Magic Rings.

H

  • Half-Breed:
    • Half-Breeds are beings that have been born from parents who are not of the same species.
    • The sons and daughters of King Frank and Queen Helen married Dryads and Naiads and had children with them. From these came the Archenlanders and later the Calormenes.
    • Doctor Cornelius is also a half-breed, with his mother being a Dwarf and his father being a Telmarine.
    • Prince Rilian, is also a half-breed, his mother Ramunda’s daughter is a star, and his father King Caspian X, is a human.
  • Hag:
    • Hags are followers of The White Witch who help bind Aslan to the Stone Table in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
    • In Prince Caspian, a hag tried to help Nikabrik and a werewolf resurrect the White Witch, but all three were stopped and killed by the Peter, Edmund, and Trumpkin.
  • Hamadryad:
    • Cousins of Dryads
  • Hare:
    • One of the Old Narnians Caspian is first introduced to is a Hare called Camillo (Prince Caspian).
    • Jewel the Unicorn tells Jill about the legendary Hare Moonwood of old (The Last Battle).
  • Harpy:
  • Hedgehog:
    • Hedgehogs were called out of the ground after Narnia was created and participated in the first council (The Magician's Nephew).
    • In The Horse and His Boy, after Shasta entered Narnia, he came across a talking hedgehog who greeted him.
    • In the events of Prince Caspian, hedgehogs join with the Old Narnians where they fight against Miraz and the Telmarine army at the Second Battle of Beruna.
    • In The Last Battle, hedgehogs were present at the meeting at Stable Hill, and later sided with king Tirian to fight the last battle.
  • Heron:
    • Herons were first mentioned when they were called out of the ground (seen in an illustration; The Magician's Nephew).
  • Horror:
    • Horrors are followers of the White Witch. No further description is ever given of them.
  • Horse:
    • Talking Horses only allow people to ride them during desperate times, such as war. The Calormenes sometimes capture Narnian foals who consequently grow up in Calormen and live there in slavery. Several Horses, including Bree and Hwin, manage to escape (The Horse and His Boy). When the Calormenes invade Narnia, they force grown Talking Horses to do work for them. The Dwarfs shoot the last Horses in Narnia (The Last Battle).
  • Hummingbird:
  • Hyena:

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  • Maenad:
    • Followers of Bacchus, and are described as "wild, madcap young girls". They are physically identical to human girls, and are not proper nymphs, such as Dryads and Naiads (Prince Caspian).
    • In the BBC serial, they were identified as Jungle Tribe People or Forest Tribe people.
  • Magpie:
  • Mallard:
    • Also known as "wild duck"; mentioned in the giant's cookbook (The Silver Chair).
  • Man-headed Bull:
    • There is a follower of Aslan who is described as a "bull with a man's head", who openly defies the White Witch's claim that Edmund's blood is her property (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe).
  • Manticore:
    • Part-Man, Part-Lion, Part-Scorpion.
  • Marsh-wiggle:
    • Marshwiggles were strange creatures who lived in marshes. One of the Marshwiggles, who was called Puddleglum, had a "long thin face with rather sunken cheeks, a tightly shut mouth, a sharp nose, and no beard. He was wearing a high, pointed hat like a steeple, with an enormously wide flat brim. The hair, if it could be called hair, which hung over his large ears was greeny-grey, and each lock was flat rather than round, so that they were like tiny reeds". He also had "very long legs and arms, so that although his body was not much bigger than a dwarf's, he would be taller than most men when he stood up. The fingers of his hands were webbed like a frog's, and so were his bare feet which dangled in the muddy water. He was dressed in earth-coloured clothes that hung loose about him". Marshwiggles were solitary creatures and lived in separate wigwams. They smoked tobacco, drank a presumably alcoholic substance, and ate eels (The Silver Chair).
  • Merpeople:
    • Merpeople were half human and half fish. They sung at the coronation of the four Pevensie children (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe). Merpeople can thus breathe both air and water, unlike the more humanoid but completely aquatic Sea People.
  • Minotaur:
  • Minoboar:
    • Part-Man, Part-Boar that are part of the White Witch's Army, in the first Walden movie.
  • Mole:
    • Moles were among the creatures chosen to be talking beasts on the day of Narnia's creation. During the reign of the Pevensie children, the chief mole Lilygloves planted an orchard of apples of which the Pevensies partake hundreds of years later. In Prince Caspian, the Moles are keen to propose digging entrenchments for no particular reason. Later in the same book, Clodsley Shovel and his Moles dig up turf for the tree people to eat. Moles were also present at the meeting at Stable Hill and later help King Tirian fight the Calormens (The Last Battle).
  • Monkey:
  • Monopod:
    • Monopods resemble Dwarfs, although "each body had a single thick leg right under it (not to one side like the leg of a one-legged man) and at the end of it, a single enormous foot - a broad-toed foot with the toes curling up a little" (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader). They used their foot as a boat and rowed themselves around with paddles. They were all extremely stupid and follow the word of their Chief to the letter.
  • Moose:
  • Mouse:
    • Talking Mice did not appear in Narnia until after a group of friendly dumb Mice chewed away the bonds on Aslan as he lay on the Stone Table. The Talking Mice, including Reepicheep and Peepiceek, were larger than normal Mice. They were loyal, brave and noble creatures, and were excellent with swords (Prince Caspian).
    • Mice were present at the meeting at Stable Hill and later help King Tirian fight the Calormens (The Last Battle).

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  • Rabbit:
    • Rabbits were among the creatures chosen to be talking beasts on the day of Narnia's creation. Camillo the hare serves as their representative in Prince Caspian.
  • Raccoon:
  • Rat:
  • Raven:
    • Of the seven creatures who sit at the First Council of Narnia, two of them were Ravens. Another Raven called Sallowpad later provided advice on the best route from Calormen to Archenland (The Horse and His Boy).
  • Reindeer:
  • Rhinoceros:
    • Rhinoceroses are one among the talking beasts that live in Narnia. They have been present since the dawn of Narnia's history, when Aslan sung them into existence.
    • Rhinos were seen and part of Aslan's Army, in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, at least 6 were first seen taking part of the First Battle of Beruna (Walden).
    • In a three-second extended edition scene of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, a rhino bashed a Minotaur, when it took down a Centaur and a Minoboar who was about to finish off a Faun. Another rhino tried to help Orieus bring down the witch, ramming into and bashing aside any members of her army in the process, but fell when taken down by Ankle Slicer, but survived. 5 of the other Rhinos fates are unknown, though chances are they survived after Aslan brought reinforcements. Also, in the White Witch's courtyard, there are 2 Rhinoceroses that have been turned to stone, Edmund happened to pass by one of them, and both would have been unpetrified by Aslan’s along with the other statues.
    • In Prince Caspian, although they didn’t physically appear. A rhino was seen as a cave carving alongside a Satyr and a Dwarf alongside the other old Narnians from the past. It's possible Rhinos were part of the old Narnian army.
  • Rhinotaur:
    • Rhinotaurs are a race of strong humanoids that are loyal to Aslan in the world of Narnia. They are described to be part-man, part-rhino. Like rhinos, have long, sharp horns to bash their enemies to the ground. They are able to break through trees and walls with their might.
  • Robin:
    • A robin was portrayed as having intelligence and understanding speech when it leads the Pevensie children to Mr Beaver, though it shows no sign of having the ability to speak itself, According to Peter, robins are always good in stories, thus gaining the trust of the Pevensie children. As far as we know there has not been a bad robin in all of Narnia (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe).

S

  • Salamander:
    • In The Silver Chair, there were salamanders that lived far beneath the Narnian earth. They were "too white-hot to look at. But they are most like small dragons. They speak to us out of the fire. They are wonderfully clever with their tongues: very witty and eloquent".
  • Satyr:
  • Sea Horse:
    • The Sea People ride the ocean depths on giant Sea Horses, it is not specified to what extent which they resemble their earthly counterparts, but they’re large enough for the sea people to ride on. (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader).
  • Sea Serpent:
    • Attacked the ship in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The head of the Serpent was said to be "all greens and vermilions with purple blotches - except where shell fish clung to it - and shaped rather like a horse's, though without ears. It had enormous eyes, eyes made for staring through the dark depths of the ocean, and a gaping mouth filled with double rows of sharp fish-like teeth. It came up on what they first took to be a huge neck, but as more and more of it emerged everyone knew that this was not its neck but its body.”
    • A sea serpent attacked the Dawn Treader and tried to split the ship in half, had Reepicheep advised the crew to push the serpent’s loop off the ship.
  • Seal:
  • Serpent:
  • Sheep:
    • Sheep were grazing animals that gathered around the council of Aslan to be announced by Aslan's speech (The Magician's Nephew).
  • Silvan:
    • Silvans were tree spirits, although Lewis does not tell the reader whether they are distinct from the dryads and hamadryads. Silvan means "related to trees".
  • Skunk:
  • Snipe:
    • Snipe stuffed with almonds and truffles were among the best food Calormen has to offer (The Horse and His Boy).
  • Squid:
  • Squirrel:
    • In Prince Caspian, Pattertwig the Squirrel acts as a messenger as he can travel "nearly everywhere without setting foot to ground". It is bad manners among Squirrels to watch where another Squirrel keeps his store of nuts. They were also present at the meeting at Stable Hill (The Last Battle).
  • Stag:
  • Stork:
    • Tall-legged birds that came out of the ground and gathered in the council of Aslan (The Magician's Nephew).

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  • Warthog:
  • Water Rat:
  • Weasel:
    • Weasels were noble and loyal ones that joined the Old Narnians during the Narnian Revolution (Prince Caspian). Two were mentioned when they gathered in the coronation when Frank I and Helen became king and queen (The Magician's Nephew).
  • Werewolf:
    • In the book series, werewolves were always depicted as a "wolf's head and man's body". One of them states: "I'm hunger. I'm thirst. Where I bite, I hold till I die, and even after death they must cut out my mouthful from my enemy's body and bury it with me. I can fast a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies." (Prince Caspian).
  • Whale:
  • Wildebeest:
    • Wildebeest are grazing beasts that enjoyed to graze in the fields when Narnia, and were among the animals which came to life when Aslan forged Narnia (The Magician's Nephew).
  • Wolf:
    • Wolves worked for Jadis and were called the Secret Police. Their leader was a grey wolf called Maugrim. At the White Witch’s castle, some wolves have been turned to stone with the rest of the creatures, but we’re later brought back to life by Aslan (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe).
    • In Prince Caspian, wolves could be seen fighting as part of Caspian's Army.
    • In The Last Battle, a Narnian wolf sided with the Calormens to fight King Tirian, but was shot and killed by Jill.
  • Woose:
  • Worm:

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  • Yak:
    • Yaks where mentioned when they were called out of the ground when Narnia was made (The Magician's Nephew).

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Illustrations

Narnian creatures that are not mentioned in The Magician's Nephew, but can be seen in the original ink illustrations by Pauline Baynes include Addax, Antelope, Ape, Barbirusa, Bison, Buffalo, Camel, Cape Buffalo, Chicken, Crocodile, Duck, Deer, Emu, Ferret, Flamingo, Frog, Gaur, Gazelle, Gemsbok, Giraffe, Goat, Heron, Hippopotamus, Hyena, Kudu, Monkey, Moose, Okapi, Orangutan, Oryx, Ostrich, Otter, Ox, Raccoon, Rat, Rhea, Rhinoceros, Sable Antelope, Shrew, Skunk, Snake, Springbok, Stork, Tahr, Tiger, Tortoise, Vulture, Weasel, Wildebeest, Yak, Zebra, and Zebu. Also, here are some of the other creatures below:

  • Crow-Footed Goblin: A creature is shown in the picture of Aslan's sacrifice that looks like a goblin with crow's feet.
  • Winged Bull: In one of the illustrations of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, there is a bull with dragon-like wings and is fighting in the White Witch's army.
  • Eagle/Stag Humanoids: In one of the illustrations of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, a gryphon-like being with an eagle's head and wings, a stag's antlers and ears, and clawed hands, which was likely fighting in the White Witch's army; is shown picking up a dog.
  • Minotaur/Centaur Creatures: In two illustrations of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, in Aslan's camp. The bull with the man's face appears as more of a minotaur-like creature with possibly a centaur-like frame, and in the Witch's courtyard, when Aslan frees the statues back into Narnians, there is a centaur creature with bull's horns.
  • Vulture/Dragon/Man Monster: In one of the illustrations of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, a faun fights an odd sort of monster from the White Witch's army. It has the body and stature of a man, but has the head of a vulture and the hind legs and tail of a dragon, which may be an inspiration on the physical appearance of the character Tash. A similar creature with bat wings was shown among the creatures when they left following Aslan's sacrifice.

Nameless creatures

Some creatures appear in adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia but have seemingly been invented solely for that specific adaptation and thus have no name. We therefore only have their appearance to go on when talking and discussing them. Here is a list of all of these creatures:

Animated adaptation

  • Alligator-like Creatures: A humanoid alligator-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Anteater-like Monsters: A humanoid anteater-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Armed Slug-like Creatures: A slug-like creatures creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Bear-like Creatures: A humanoid bear-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Bison-like Creatures: A humanoid bison-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Bison-like Minotaurs: A bison-like minotaur was seen as part of Aslan's Army.
  • Bobcat-like Demons: A humanoid bobcat-like demons part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Bull-like Monsters: A bull-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Crocodile-like Creatures: A humanoid crocodile-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Crow-footed Goblin: A goblin-like creature with crow's feet is shown in the scene of Aslan's sacrifice.
  • Dinosaur-like Creatures: A humanoid dinosaur-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Dimetrodon-like Creatures: A humanoid dimetrodon-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Dragon-like Creatures: A dragon-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Dragon-like Serpents: A dragon-like serpent part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Eagle-headed People: Part of Aslan's Army and one is seen as a stone prisoner in the White Witch's courtyard.
  • Fossa-like Creatures: A humanoid fossa-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Ghost Witches: Ghost Witches were present at Aslan's sacrifice.
  • Goanna-like Monsters: A humanoid goanna-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Gorilla-like Creatures: A humanoid gorilla-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Hippo-like Creatures: A humanoid hippo-like creature were present at Aslan's sacrifice.
  • Horse-like Monsters: A humanoid horse-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Humanoid Alligators: Fuchsia humanoid alligators were present at Aslan's sacrifice. Other colourful humanoid alligators were part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Hyena-like Creatures: A humanoid hyena-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Koala-like Creatures: A humanoid koala-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Lizard People: A humanoid lizard-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Neanderthal/Ogre Hybrids: A hybrid creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Ostrich-like Creatures: An ostrich-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Penguin-like Demons: A humanoid penguin-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Porcupine-like Creatures: Creature parts of both the White Witch's Army and Aslan's Army.
  • Pteranodon-like Creatures: A ptreanodon-headed emu-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Purple Iguanas: An iguana-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Quetzal-like Creature: Creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Sasquatch-like Creatures: Creature part of the White Witch's Army, could possibly be wooses.
  • Shark-like Demons: Dino-shark-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Sheep-like Creatures: A humanoid sheep-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Snake-like Creatures: A snake-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Swamp Mooses: A humanoid moose-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Toothed Storks: Pink stork-like birds with pointy teeth were seen at Aslan's sacrifice.
  • Wildebeest-like Monsters: A humanoid wildebeest-like creature part of the White Witch's Army.

BBC miniseries adaptations

  • Dark Samurais: Samurai-like people part of the White Witch's Army.
  • Lizard People: Short lizard-like creatures part of the White Witch's Army.

Behind the scenes

  • In concept art for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (film), some unused creatures include Naiad, Sprite, Toadstool People, Gorgon, Succubus, Manticore, Rhinotaur, and an Evil Dryad.
  • There are some instances in which the originality of the animals was changed, as well as some confusing statements:
    • The Talking Mice were not made to be talking animals at first. However, in the Narnian year of 1000, after Aslan had been sacrificed on the Stone Table the mice showed an act of kindness to Aslan by gnawing the ropes that held him to the Stone Table, and were gifted with speech. This is mentioned while Aslan gifts Reepicheep with the gift of speech, after the Second Battle of Beruna, but occurs just before the First_Battle_of_Beruna_(Walden).
    • One confusing statement was when the Hermit of the Marsh called the talking horses, Bree and Hwin his cousins.
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