Narnia is the magical land in C.S. Lewis’s seven-book series The Chronicles of Narnia. The world contains talking animals, mythical creatures, kings and queens, and a recurring struggle between good and evil.
Aslan, a lion, is the series’ central figure and the true ruler of Narnia. Human children from Earth enter the land at different points, often helping its inhabitants during moments of crisis. The books span a long fictional history, from Narnia’s creation to its final ending.
Narnia is not the name of the series’ first novel; that book is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It is also distinct from Middle-earth, the setting created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Lewis and Tolkien were friends and members of the Oxford literary group known as the Inklings, but their fictional worlds are separate.