Aslan is the lion who represents a Christ-like figure in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia novels.
Aslan is the creator, ruler, and spiritual center of Narnia. Lewis based the character’s symbolism on Christian ideas, especially sacrificial death, resurrection, judgment, and renewal. Aslan’s role is most directly developed in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
In that novel, Aslan offers himself in place of Edmund after Edmund’s betrayal. He is killed on the Stone Table and later returns to life, an episode that echoes the Christian story of crucifixion and resurrection while remaining part of the book’s fantasy narrative.
Aslan is not simply a human character in animal form. Lewis described Narnia as a separate fictional world, and Aslan’s identity combines divine authority, animal majesty, and moral guidance. Other Narnian animals, such as Reepicheep, have important roles but do not carry Aslan’s symbolic position.