C.S. Lewis’s Christian allegorical lion in Narnia is named Aslan.
Aslan is the great lion who appears throughout The Chronicles of Narnia. He is portrayed as the rightful ruler and creator of Narnia, and his actions often carry clear Christian symbolism, especially in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The character’s name comes from Turkish, where aslan means “lion.” Lewis drew on many traditions when creating Narnia, but Aslan is not simply an ordinary talking animal; he is the series’ central supernatural figure.
Readers sometimes confuse Aslan with the White Witch, who is his enemy, or with the lion imagery of other literary works. Within Lewis’s books, the canonical spelling is Aslan.