Aslan is the lion who creates and centrally protects Narnia in C.S. Lewis’s books.
Aslan first appears in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, where he opposes the White Witch and restores Narnia’s rightful order. His return to the world enables the defeat of the Witch and the revival of characters turned to stone.
The character also appears in the other Narnia novels, including The Magician’s Nephew, which depicts him singing Narnia into existence. He is not merely a political king: he represents the deepest moral and spiritual authority in the series.
Readers often identify Aslan with Christian symbolism, especially because of his death and return in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Lewis said the Narnia stories were not straightforward retellings of biblical episodes, but the symbolism is an important part of their interpretation.