Aslan is the fictional lion who appears throughout C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia.
Aslan is the creator and sovereign of the world of Narnia. He appears in all seven books, although his role and the amount of time he spends in each story vary. His name is derived from the Turkish word for “lion,” and he is presented as a powerful, wise, and benevolent figure.
Aslan’s death and return in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe are widely understood as an intentional Christian parallel to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Lewis described Narnia as a fictional world shaped by Christian ideas, while also using mythological and literary elements from many traditions.
Aslan is not the same character as a lion from another famous children’s work. Mufasa belongs to Disney’s The Lion King, while Bagheera and Shere Khan are characters in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.