- "All you have heard about Old Narnia is true. It is not the land of Men. It is the country of Aslan, the country of the Waking Trees and Visible Naiads, of Fauns and Satyrs, of Dwarfs and Giants, of the gods and the Centaurs, of Talking Beasts."
- ―Cornelius (Chapter four: The Dwarf Tells of Prince Caspian)[src]
Satyrs were creatures in Narnia of a similar appearance to Fauns (though with more goatish faces rather than humanoid ones), and loved to sing and dance along with them.
They looked more or less like an ordinary goat, but stood upright like a human (similar to Minotaurs). They were covered in fur, which ranged to a host of colours, from red to brown, and even white.
Because of their goat legs, they were able to leap and jump great distances and heights.
Biography[]
The Satyrs were said to be a wilder people than Fauns, but like the Fauns, they were also followers of Aslan. There were many who fought in war when called upon. They fought in the First_Battle_of_Beruna_(Walden) for Aslan. In that battle, a Satyr was seen battling a Cyclops.
They also fought during the Narnian Revolution. And one Satyr, Wraggle, also fought for the Calormenes at the Battle of Stable Hill.
Adaptations[]
In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) they fought for Aslan.
In Prince Caspian (2008) a Satyr called Tyrus jumped up onto Miraz's balcony, attempting to slay him, but General General_Glozelle_(Walden) emerged from the king's door, and fired a crossbow twice at the satyr, before Miraz himself caused him to fall to a brutal end.
Satyrs were magnificent creatures. At the Second_Battle_of_Beruna_(Walden), in the film, you can see Fauns, Minotaurs and Satyrs leaping at the army of Telmarines. Most Satyrs carried fewer weapons than a Minotaur, preferring bows and arrows, but some also carried scimitar-swords and halberds.
In the animated version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, they are grown men with long horns, brown hair and beards, and brown goat's legs.
In the BBC miniseries, the Satyrs and Fauns are almost indistinguishable, except that the Satyrs have slightly longer horns and shorter goat's tails, whereas the Fauns had long tails.
In the The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) they appear as anthropomorphic goats given human stature. Their main weapons in the movie were sickle-swords and long halberds.
In the Prince Caspian (2008) Satyrs have become more goat-like, unlike the Satyrs in the first film that had slightly more human-like features.
In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) a Satyr called Caprius is onboard Prince Caspian's ship, the Dawn Treader, beside the Minotaur Tavros. The Satyr is almost as large as the Minotaur, and has reddish fur, with ram-like horns.
Gallery[]
Notable Satyrs[]
Trivia[]
- In concept art of The Lion the witch and wardrobe, there were Satyrs that worked for Jadis, but were cut during final production.