Aslan is the lion who represents a Christ-like figure in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books.
Aslan is the central benevolent power in The Chronicles of Narnia. He creates or restores order, guides the protagonists, and appears at decisive moments in the fictional world. The name is derived from the Turkish word for “lion.”
His role is especially clear in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, where he gives his life to save Edmund after Edmund’s betrayal. Aslan returns to life through the deeper magic, an episode widely read as a Christian parallel to crucifixion and resurrection. Lewis also presents Aslan as the rightful ruler of Narnia.
Aslan is a fictional character, not a historical religious figure. The books use allegorical and symbolic elements, but Lewis resisted reducing Narnia to a simple one-to-one code. The character appears across the seven-book series, sometimes in forms beyond the familiar lion.