Aslan is the lion who represents the central Christ figure in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia.
Aslan appears throughout the seven-book series as Narnia’s creator, king, judge, and redeemer. His name is derived from the Turkish word for “lion,” and Lewis used the animal’s traditional association with royalty, courage, and majesty. Aslan is not simply a wise talking animal: within the stories, he occupies a uniquely divine role.
His most famous scene occurs in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, when he willingly dies on the Stone Table in Edmund’s place and returns to life. This episode echoes Christian themes of sacrifice, death, and resurrection, although Lewis described Narnia as a fictional world rather than a direct retelling of the Bible. Aslan also creates Narnia by singing in The Magician’s Nephew, making him both its creator and its savior.
Readers sometimes confuse Aslan with Prince Caspian or other royal characters, but Aslan is the constant spiritual center of the series.