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Post by Trinity on Sept 25, 2004 10:56:00 GMT -5
Well, in all the books, Aslan symbolizes Jesus Christ. When Aslan is killed by the witch and resurrected in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", it symbolizes Jesus dying on the cross for all our sins and being risen again three days later. At least, that's how I always interrpreted it. C.S. Lewis was a Christian man, as was Tolkien, so you can kind of see how their beliefs influenced their writings.
If anyone else has anything to add to this, please do! I know there are more examples to be had. I can think of one more, but I need to see what book it's in.
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Post by Cenerue on Sept 27, 2004 12:54:36 GMT -5
Yes, you are right about Aslan being Jesus. I remember in one of the books where king Caspian is healed by Aslan stabbing his paw with a thorn and the blood heals him- that symbolizes the power of Christ's blood. There are many more. I remember in one book where they see him as a lamb at first, and then as a lion. Christ is called the Lamb of God. Can't remember any more right now
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Post by Trinity on Sept 27, 2004 15:21:27 GMT -5
You know in the Bible where it says that many will pretend to be Jesus, but He, in the end, is the only true God? I think that when the donkey dresses up as Aslan it is a representation of that.
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Post by Cenerue on Sept 28, 2004 7:48:19 GMT -5
Oh yes! I had forgotten about that. I think that the donkey might even be a symbol of the anti Christ too. Isn't there an evil monkey egging him on? And he was the real evil one that gets it in the end if I remember the story correctly.
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Post by Trinity on Sept 28, 2004 9:26:02 GMT -5
Yes! I though he may have been a symbol of the antichrist, too. There is SOMETHING egging him on. It very well may have been a monkey. I'll look later and let you know.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Oct 6, 2004 23:30:11 GMT -5
They are... unconscious references, I think. Not too obvious, really. I really hope they leave them-- but how could you take them out without changing the books??
I walked into my wardrobe-- mom got me one, and I was screaming about Narnia, and... erm... yes. It didn't work... owie!
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Post by Thorongil on Oct 7, 2004 8:25:13 GMT -5
But is your wardrobe made of a tree that came from Narnia?
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Post by Cenerue on Oct 7, 2004 16:37:41 GMT -5
I guess that's the major ingredient for it to work. *SIGH* I've always loved stories where you open a door (or a wardrobe) and end up in a different world.
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Post by BEHIND YOU!!! on Oct 7, 2004 18:37:48 GMT -5
My closet isn't made out a tree from Narnia, and somehow Palpatine ended up in it...
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Post by sblomietheinsane on Nov 15, 2004 11:06:26 GMT -5
Reeeeally, how?
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Post by Mekka on Feb 7, 2005 11:24:39 GMT -5
Yeah, that sounds interesting...
NARNIA RULES!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Mar 12, 2005 21:34:50 GMT -5
It's on fanfic.net, it's one of my fanfictions. Called Palpy's in my Closet and I don't know what to do, and...yeah. I wrote Shadow into it, and I'm sort of at a stand still.
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Post by Mekka on Mar 12, 2005 22:21:01 GMT -5
Ehem... excuse me, but THAT'S WIERD!!! "Palpy's in my closet"? *hides in a corner and screams*
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Post by Empress Adrienne Gollumeyessss on Mar 13, 2005 22:44:59 GMT -5
Weird is a good word to describe it... But weird is not derogatory! IT'S COOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Heehee... I'm writing one about Gollum in my closet... *grins* Isn't that cool Gollum? Gollum: *sticks nose in air* I'm not your co-author anymore. Fine, be that way.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Mar 13, 2005 23:51:37 GMT -5
Heh... it's actually rather amusing... need to update it... maybe I'll write an update right now... when I finish posting...
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Post by Mekka on Mar 14, 2005 22:37:40 GMT -5
*freaks* PALPY'S IN MY CLOSET!! AGGHHHHHH!!!!
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Post by Master Stone the Shadowslayer on Jun 17, 2005 16:46:09 GMT -5
repi is the best!
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Post by Ali Blue on Aug 3, 2005 23:52:59 GMT -5
Lucy: mummy!! there's a lion in my wardrobe! lol, that'd be hilarious...
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Post by Mekka on Aug 8, 2005 18:15:03 GMT -5
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Sept 22, 2005 6:15:13 GMT -5
But is your wardrobe made of a tree that came from Narnia? Mine would let me enter the magical land of Ikea...
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