Aslan is the fictional lion who leads Narnia in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. He appears throughout the seven-book series as Narnia’s creator, ruler, judge, and protector. His name is derived from the Turkish word for “lion.”
Aslan is introduced in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, published in 1950. In that story, he returns to confront the White Witch and gives his life for Edmund Pevensie before being restored. The sequence is one reason readers often discuss Christian symbolism in the Narnia books.
Aslan is not simply a human character disguised as an animal. Lewis presents him as a talking lion within a separate fantasy world. The character’s role changes from book to book, but his authority and connection with Narnia’s creation remain central.