Aslan is the great lion who represents the central royal and spiritual figure in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books.
Aslan is introduced in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as the true ruler of Narnia. He guides, judges, protects, and sacrifices himself to defeat the White Witch. Lewis described Aslan as a fictional character rather than a direct allegory, but the figure is widely discussed in relation to Christian themes, especially sacrifice, resurrection, and kingship.
Aslan is not the same kind of character as Mr. Tumnus, a faun, or Reepicheep, a talking mouse. He appears in all seven Chronicles of Narnia books, although his role and visibility vary from story to story. The name “Aslan” comes from the Turkish word for “lion.”