The lion character in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books is named Aslan. He is the great lion who creates, protects, and restores Narnia, and he appears across several books in the seven-volume series.
Aslan is especially prominent in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, where he returns to confront the White Witch after offering himself in Edmund’s place. His resurrection is connected in the story to the Deep Magic and to a deeper law known as the Deeper Magic.
The name Aslan comes from the Turkish word for “lion.” Lewis’s presentation of the character carries strong Christian symbolism, but Aslan is also a distinct fictional figure within Narnia’s mythology. He is not simply an ordinary talking animal: Narnian characters treat him as the world’s creator and highest authority.