Aslan is the great lion and central creator-figure in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia.
He appears throughout the series as Narnia’s powerful guide, ruler, and spiritual center. In The Magician’s Nephew, Aslan sings Narnia into existence, making him the figure associated with the world’s creation. He also intervenes at crucial moments, gives moral direction, and restores hope when Narnia faces oppression or destruction.
Aslan is widely understood as a Christian allegorical figure, particularly in relation to Jesus Christ, but Lewis described his fiction in more imaginative and indirect terms than a simple one-to-one code. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Aslan sacrifices himself for Edmund Pevensie and returns to life, an episode that echoes Christian themes of atonement and resurrection. He is distinct from other lions in the books: his name, authority, and role are unique to Narnia.