"symbol of sporting teams, from national association football teams such as England, Scotland and Singapore to famous clubs such as the Detroit Lions of the NFL, Chelsea and Aston Villa, a team of the English Premier League, and by the Premiership itself, Eintracht Braunschweig of the Bundesliga, and many smaller clubs around the world. Lions continue to appear in modern literature as characters including the messianic Aslan in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and following books from The Chronicles of Narnia series written by C. S. Lewis, and the comedic Cowardly Lion in L. Frank Baum's ""The Wonderful"
"Lucy Barfield Lucy Barfield (2 November 1935 – 3 May 2003) was the godchild of C.S. Lewis. ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" is dedicated to Lucy, who also lent her name to the book's heroine, Lucy Pevensie. Lewis's letter and the dedication to ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" reads: My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result, you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be"
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956). Among all the author's books it is also the most widely held in libraries. Although it was written as well as published first in the series, it is volume two in recent editions, which are sequenced by the stories' chronology (the first being ""The Magician's Nephew""). Like the others, it was illustrated by"
"Chronicles of Narnia"" over and over again. Lucy Barfield died at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in west London on 3 May 2003, having battled multiple sclerosis for almost 40 years. Lucy Barfield Lucy Barfield (2 November 1935 – 3 May 2003) was the godchild of C.S. Lewis. ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" is dedicated to Lucy, who also lent her name to the book's heroine, Lucy Pevensie. Lewis's letter and the dedication to ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" reads: My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had"
"Maugrim Maugrim is a fictional character in the novel ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" by C. S. Lewis. A Narnian wolf, he is Captain of the White Witch's Secret Police. In early American editions of the book, Lewis changed the name to Fenris Ulf (a reference to Fenrisúlfr, a wolf from Norse mythology), but when HarperCollins took over the books they took out Lewis' revisions, and the name ""Maugrim"" has been used in all editions since 1994. Maugrim is one of the few Talking Animals who sided with the Witch during the Hundred-Year Winter. Nikabrik in ""Prince Caspian"""
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967 TV serial) The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe is a ten-part serial adaptation of C. S. Lewis's fantasy novel ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", that aired on ITV in 1967. The series was produced by Pamela Lonsdale and adapted for television by Trevor Preston. Original music was provided by Paul Lewis and the programme, and the costumes, were designed by Neville Green. The programme was made for the ITV network by ABC Television. The animals were all portrayed by actors in costume, not unlike the later BBC adaptation. Only"
"Mr. Tumnus Tumnus is a fictional character in the ""Narnia"" books, written by C.S. Lewis. He is featured prominently in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and also appears, with a lesser role, in ""The Horse and His Boy"" and ""The Last Battle"". He is close friends with Lucy Pevensie and is the first creature she meets in Narnia, as well as the first Narnian to be introduced in the series. Lewis said that the first Narnia story, ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", all came to him from a single picture he had in his head of"
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (play) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an American dramatization of ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" by C.S. Lewis, the British children's novel that inaugurated ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" in 1950. The one-act play for two actors was written by Le Clanché du Rand and published in 1989 by Dramatic Publishing of Woodstock, Illinois. It is licensed by Dramatic to theaters worldwide. One production opened in 2011 Off-Broadway in New York City. The play is currently running Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre in New York City. The production is"
"of ""The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe"". The battle is fought between the Narnians (led by Peter Pevensie) and the army of the White Witch, following the apparent demise of the great Narnian leader, Aslan. The White Witch's army includes monstrous creatures such as minotaurs, ogres, and hags. Peter's force is comparatively minor, and prominently represents the races of talking animal, faun/satyr, nymph, unicorn and centaur. It seemed to Lucy as if the Witch held the upper edge in the battle, petrifying many of Aslan's army with her wand, until the arrival of Aslan's reinforcements. However, at Lewis' first"
"two episodes, the first and eighth, are known to still survive today. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967 TV serial) The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe is a ten-part serial adaptation of C. S. Lewis's fantasy novel ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", that aired on ITV in 1967. The series was produced by Pamela Lonsdale and adapted for television by Trevor Preston. Original music was provided by Paul Lewis and the programme, and the costumes, were designed by Neville Green. The programme was made for the ITV network by ABC Television. The animals were all"
"The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 150 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate mutual dependence regardless of size or status. In the Renaissance the fable was provided with a sequel condemning social ambition. In the oldest versions, a lion threatens a mouse that wakes him from sleep. The mouse begs forgiveness and makes the point that such unworthy prey would bring the lion no honour. The lion then agrees and sets the mouse free. Later, the lion is netted by"
"a faun atop a pedestal. Though the fauns are not portrayed as overtly sexual, they do assist the Cupids in pairing the centaurs into couples. A drunken Bacchus appears in the same scene. A faun named Mr. Tumnus appears in the classic juvenile fantasy novel ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" (1950) by C. S. Lewis. Mr. Tumnus has goat legs and horns, but also a tail long enough for him to carry it draped over his arm to prevent it from dragging in the snow. He is a domesticated figure who lacks the bawdiness and hypersexuality that characterized"
"The Lion, the Bear and the Fox The Lion, the Bear and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables that is numbered 147 in the Perry Index. There are similar story types of both eastern and western origin in which two disputants lose the object of their dispute to a third. There are ancient Greek versions of the fable, and it was included in the Medici Manuscript collection of Aesop's fables dating from the 1470s. However, its earliest appearance in another language is as number 60 in the collection of 150 fables in Latin verse by the Austrian poet Pantaleon"
"help save Lucy's friend Mr. Tumnus (the faun) from the White Witch. They have a fun mysterious time there, and ultimately end up ruling as kings and queens, until they end up back home. The rights to produce the television program were given to the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation in the mid-1950s when C.S. Lewis was recording the Episcopal Series of the Protestant Hour radio programs. Dr. Ted Baehr was elected President of the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was preparing to be broadcast by CBS, and supervised the distribution of the subsequent"
"Beatrix Potter; ""The Wind in the Willows"" by Kenneth Grahame (1908); ""Winnie-the-Pooh"" (1926) and ""The House at Pooh Corner"" (1928) by A. A. Milne; and ""The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"" (1950) and the subsequent books in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series by C. S. Lewis. In many of these stories the animals can be seen as representing facets of human personality and character. As John Rowe Townsend remarks, discussing ""The Jungle Book"" in which the boy Mowgli must rely on his new friends the bear Baloo and the black panther Bagheera, ""The world of the jungle is in"
"James Thurber's whimsical fairy tale ""The White Deer"" is transformed into a young woman when trapped by hunters, but her only memories are of fields and trees so no one is sure if she was originally a deer or a princess. The white stag played an important role in C.S. Lewis' ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" novel. The Pevensie children (now grown-up kings and queens) hunt the Stag, hoping to gain wishes for catching it. It is in their pursuit of the Stag that they stumble back through the wardrobe and into their own world, returned to childhood."
"pares"", or first-among-equals with the other leaders of the church. Similarly, Peter Pevensie is given the title of High King. Lastly the biblical St. Peter, according to Catholic tradition, was given the ""keys to the kingdom of heaven"" and Peter Pevensie shut the door, locking it with a golden key, sealing the destroyed Narnia after the judgment in ""The Last Battle"". Peter Pevensie Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" book series. Peter appears in three of the seven books; as a child and a principal character in ""The Lion, the Witch and"
"Lucy Pevensie Lucy Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. She is the youngest of the four Pevensie children, and the first to find the Wardrobe entrance to Narnia in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". Of all the Pevensie children, Lucy is the closest to Aslan. Also, of all the humans who have visited Narnia, Lucy is perhaps the one that believes in Narnia the most. She is ultimately crowned Queen Lucy the Valiant, co-ruler of Narnia along with her two brothers and her sister. Lucy is the central character of"
"which is the third of the film series. The character of Lucy Pevensie was inspired by June Flewett, a devout Catholic London girl evacuated by her convent to The Kilns, Lewis' country home in 1942, and named after Lewis' goddaughter Lucy Barfield, to whom he dedicated The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Lucy is described in the book as being fair-haired: ""But as for Lucy, she was always gay and golden-haired, and all princes in those parts desired her to be their Queen, and her own people called her Queen Lucy the Valiant."" Lucy was the most faithful of"
"The Lion (novel) The Lion () is a 1958 novel by French author Joseph Kessel about a girl and her lion. The novel was translated into English by Peter Green and was made into a film starring William Holden in 1962. Patricia has a rare gift to communicate with animals, and thinks she can control everything. She is popular with both animals and people. The story is narrated through a French man on a visit to Kenya. The plot of the story revolves around the friendship between Patricia and a lion called King, whom Patricia raised since he was a"
"send ambassadors asking for her hand in marriage. And she was called Susan the Gentle."" Susan was born in 1928 and is 12 years old when she appears in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". By ""The Last Battle"", she is 21 years old, as the final novel takes place in 1949. In ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", Father Christmas gives Susan a bow with arrows that never miss their target, and a magical horn that brings aid when blown. Though her bow is magical, she practices to maintain her excellence at archery. Susan and her brother"
"the four siblings in the novels. Lucy is a principal character in three of the seven books (""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", ""Prince Caspian"", and ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader""), and a minor character in two others (""The Horse and His Boy"" and ""The Last Battle""). Lucy is portrayed by Georgie Henley in the 2005 film """" and she returned to reprise her role in the 2008 film """". Georgie's elder sister, Rachael Henley, portrays the older Queen Lucy at the end of the first film. Georgie Henley also reprised her role in the 2010 film """","
"directed by Julia Beardsley O'Brien and stage managed by Lila Neiswanger. The current cast features Rockford Sansom and Abigail Taylor-Sansom. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (play) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an American dramatization of ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" by C.S. Lewis, the British children's novel that inaugurated ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" in 1950. The one-act play for two actors was written by Le Clanché du Rand and published in 1989 by Dramatic Publishing of Woodstock, Illinois. It is licensed by Dramatic to theaters worldwide. One production opened in 2011 Off-Broadway in"
"Peter Pevensie Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" book series. Peter appears in three of the seven books; as a child and a principal character in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and ""Prince Caspian"", and as an adult in ""The Last Battle"". He is only mentioned in ""The Horse and His Boy"" in which he is away on the northern frontier fighting giants and in ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"" in which he is studying under the tutelage of Professor Kirke. In Disney's live-action films, """", Peter is portrayed"
"Edmund Pevensie Edmund ""Ed"" Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. He is a principal character in three of the seven books (""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", ""Prince Caspian"", and ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader""), and a lesser character in two others (""The Horse and His Boy"" and ""The Last Battle""). In the live-action films, """", """" and """", Edmund is portrayed by actor Skandar Keynes. Actor Mark Wells portrays an older Edmund at the end of the first film. In ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", Edmund betrays"
"into pigs. Italian fairy tales put them into the hands of the powerful fairies by the late Middle Ages. In the 1700s ballads ""Allison Gross"" and ""The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea"", the villainesses use silver wands to transform their victims into animals, in emulation of the Odyssey that preceded them. In C. S. Lewis's 1950 novel ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", the White Witch's most feared weapon is her wand, whose magic is capable of turning people into stone. This, again, employs the Odysseyan motif of an evil female witch who uses a magic"
"the Nemean lion, killed barehanded by Heracles, who subsequently bore the pelt as an invulnerable magic cloak. This lion is also said to be represented by the constellation of Leo, and also the sign of the Zodiac. Lions are known in many cultures as the king of animals, which can be traced to the Babylonian Talmud, and to the classical book ""Physiologus"". In his fables, the famed Greek story teller Aesop used the lion's symbolism of power and strength in The Lion and the Mouse and Lion's Share. Since classical antiquity, a ""Gaetulian lion"" in literature is a lion of"
"Aslan Aslan ( or ) is a major character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. He is the only character to appear in all seven books of the series. Aslan is depicted as a talking lion, and is described as the King of Beasts, the son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea, and the King above all High Kings in Narnia. ""Aslan"" is Turkish for ""lion"". Aslan is first introduced in the book ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", which takes place one thousand years after Narnia's founding. He is first mentioned by Mr. Beaver, who tells the Pevensie"
"a young girl hiding in a wardrobe. Neil Gaiman's young-adult horror novella ""Coraline"" has been compared to ""The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"", as both books involve young girls travelling to magical worlds through doors in their new houses and fighting evil with the help of talking animals. His ""Sandman"" comic book series also features a Narnia-like ""dream island"" in its story arc entitled ""A Game of You"". When the island is unmade by its creator Morpheus, the inhabitants march into the shadow of his cloak in a scene visually similar to Aslan's judgement of the inhabitants of Narnia"
"The Singing, Springing Lark ""The Singing, Springing Lark"", ""The Singing, Soaring Lark"", ""The Lady and the Lion"" or ""Lily and the Lion"" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, appearing as tale no. 88. It is Aarne–Thompson type 425C. Others of this type include ""Beauty and the Beast"" and ""The Small-tooth Dog"". It also contains motifs from AT 425A, such as ""East of the Sun and West of the Moon"", the search for the lost husband. Others of this type include ""Black Bull of Norroway"", ""The Daughter of the Skies"", ""The Brown Bear of Norway"", ""The"
"– either white English children (such as Peter) or Narnians who possess characteristics valued and cultivated by the British (such as Caspian)."" Various books from ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" have been adapted for television over the years, including: ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" was first adapted in 1967. Comprising ten episodes of thirty minutes each, the screenplay was written by Trevor Preston, and directed by Helen Standage. Unlike subsequent adaptations, it is currently unavailable to purchase for home viewing. The book was adapted again in 1979, this time as an animated cartoon co-produced by Bill Meléndez and the"
"White Witch Jadis is the main antagonist of ""The Magician's Nephew"" and of ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" in C. S. Lewis's series, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". She is commonly referred to as the White Witch in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", as she is the Witch who froze Narnia in the Hundred Years Winter. Some recent editions of the books include brief notes, added by later editors, that describe the cast of characters. As Lewis scholar Peter Schakel points out, the description there of Jadis and the Queen of Underland (the main antagonist of ""The"
"Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" 40 years later. Completed in March 1953 and published 4 September 1956, ""The Last Battle"" chronicles the end of the world of Narnia. Jill and Eustace return to save Narnia from the ape Shift, who tricks Puzzle the donkey into impersonating the lion Aslan, thereby precipitating a showdown between the Calormenes and King Tirian. This leads to the end of Narnia as it is known throughout the series, but allows Aslan to lead the characters to the ""true"" Narnia. Fans of the series often have strong opinions over the order in which the books"