Aslan is the fictional lion who appears in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books.
Aslan is the creator and central guiding figure of Narnia. He appears throughout the series as a powerful, wise, and compassionate character, helping the inhabitants of Narnia while remaining distinct from an ordinary animal or human ruler.
His name comes from the Turkish word for “lion.” Lewis also gave Aslan a role shaped by Christian imagery, particularly in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, where Aslan sacrifices himself for Edmund and later returns to life.
Readers sometimes describe Aslan simply as an allegorical version of Jesus, but Lewis resisted treating the Narnia books as a direct one-to-one allegory. Aslan is better understood as a fictional character through whom Lewis explores themes of sacrifice, resurrection, judgment, creation, and restoration.