In C.S. Lewis’s Narnia, Aslan is a lion.
Aslan is the central talking animal and ruler of Narnia in The Chronicles of Narnia. His name derives from the Turkish word for “lion,” and the character appears throughout the seven-book series, though not in every book in the same way.
Aslan is portrayed as the son of the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea and as the creator of Narnia in The Magician’s Nephew. He guides, judges, encourages, and rescues characters, while remaining more powerful than any earthly monarch in the stories.
Readers often identify Aslan with Christian symbolism, especially because of his death and return in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Lewis resisted reducing the character to a simple one-to-one allegory, however. Aslan is both a literal character within Narnia and a figure carrying theological meaning.