Aslan is the lion character at the center of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia.
Aslan appears throughout the seven-book series as Narnia’s creator, king, and spiritual guide. His name is derived from the Turkish word for “lion,” and his character combines royal authority with gentleness, judgment, and compassion.
Readers often compare Aslan with Jesus Christ because Lewis deliberately gave the character sacrificial and resurrection imagery. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Aslan dies in Edmund’s place on the Stone Table and returns to life through a deeper magic.
Aslan is not simply a human ruler in animal form. Lewis presents him as the supernatural source of Narnia’s life and moral order, making him distinct from human characters such as Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy.