Since Narnia is a world of Talking Beasts, I thought He [Christ] would become a Talking Beast there, as He became a man here. I pictured Him becoming a lion there because (a) the lion is supposed to be the king of beasts; (b) Christ is called "The Lion of Judah" in the Bible; (c) I'd been having strange dreams about lions when I began writing the work.
Tolkien was a devout catholic and afaik his criticism was not "hey, there is christian beliefs in here", but rather "this is a fantasy world, why don't you come up with a founding myth instead of just throwing real world myths in there".
afterall tolkiens own creation myth is not that far from the christian myth, it just features more music ;)
And those christian myths were adapted from other mythologies is what I'm saying. They've all been copying each others' homework since before homework was even invented.
of course, but when a christian author writes self-sacrifice followed by resurrection, they are probably referencing buddy jesus especially in gandalfs case who comes back as a literal savior figure and not just as his old self.
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wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 99d
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Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org · 21 pts · 99d
C.S. Lewis is the Author of the Fantasy Series Narnia.
The Lion Aslan is a chracater in the series and basically Jesus.
Lewis and Tolkien knew each other, but Tolkien did not weave christianity into his fantasy world the way Lewis did.
platypode@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 99d
Not basically Jesus, literally Jesus.
C.S. Lewis:
Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org · 4 pts · 99d
do not cite the deep magic to me...
Nah, I know my Lotr better than my Narnia tbh.
Visstix@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 99d
I mean... He did have a descendant from god sacrifice himself only for him to get resurrected..
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 99d
That's hardly an idea the Christians came up with.
Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org · 9 pts · 99d
Tolkien was a devout catholic and afaik his criticism was not "hey, there is christian beliefs in here", but rather "this is a fantasy world, why don't you come up with a founding myth instead of just throwing real world myths in there".
afterall tolkiens own creation myth is not that far from the christian myth, it just features more music ;)
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 99d
And those christian myths were adapted from other mythologies is what I'm saying. They've all been copying each others' homework since before homework was even invented.
Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org · 2 pts · 99d
of course, but when a christian author writes self-sacrifice followed by resurrection, they are probably referencing buddy jesus especially in gandalfs case who comes back as a literal savior figure and not just as his old self.
whybird@aus.social · 2 pts · 99d
@PugJesus See also: the Easter bunny. That’s two fursonas that we know of.
whybird@aus.social · 1 pts · 99d
@PugJesus Also: a lamb. That’s three I’ve thought of so far.
whybird@aus.social · 1 pts · 99d
@PugJesus You don’t even need the Narnia books for the lion: “Lion of Judah” is genuinely a name used for him in the bible.
whybird@aus.social · 1 pts · 99d
@PugJesus Also into vore…
PuppyFromLosAndes@kolektiva.social · 1 pts · 99d
@PugJesus
I think the Kickstarter film "Judas Iscariot" proposed a few ideas.
PuppyFromLosAndes@kolektiva.social · 1 pts · 99d
(suddenly I almost wonder if the current Chikn Nugget plot arc was inspired by THAT)