In C.S. Lewis’s fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, what is the name of the magical land beyond the wardrobe?

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In C.S. Lewis’s fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the magical land beyond the wardrobe is called Narnia.

Narnia is the principal setting of Lewis’s seven-book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lucy Pevensie discovers an entrance to this world inside a wardrobe while exploring the house where she and her siblings are staying during wartime evacuation.

The story’s central conflict involves the White Witch, whose rule has brought a long winter to Narnia. Aslan, the great lion and creator figure of the world, helps restore Narnia’s natural order. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy eventually become important rulers there, earning the titles of kings and queens of Narnia.

Archenland and Calormen are separate countries within the wider Narnian world, not the name of the land reached through the wardrobe. Bree, meanwhile, is a town in Tolkien’s Middle-earth. That distinction matters because readers sometimes blend the settings of Lewis and Tolkien when recalling classic fantasy geography.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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