Orual is the narrator and central character of C.S. Lewis’s 1956 novel Till We Have Faces.
The novel retells the ancient myth of Cupid and Psyche from the viewpoint of Orual, Psyche’s older sister. Orual becomes queen of the fictional kingdom of Glome and writes a lifelong accusation against the gods.
Unlike Lewis’s Narnia books, this novel is aimed at adult readers and explores jealousy, love, self-knowledge and religious belief. Its subtitle, A Myth Retold, signals its relationship to the classical story while emphasizing the new perspective.
Psyche remains essential to the plot, but she is not the narrator. The name Orual is the distinctive answer because the novel is framed as her confession and defense of her actions.