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<blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 624835" data-attributes="member: 2238">Actually as I remember it, Narnia is not an allegory.&nbsp; It does not represent anythig that happened in the real world or in another story.&nbsp; You cant take the white whitch and say she represents person x in history or in the tale of christ.&nbsp; That is what allegory is all about and the Chronicles of Narnia don't do that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes The Chronicles of Narnia share elements from the story of christ but that is because christ(aslan) is a major character doig what christ does best.&nbsp; The reason Aslan is not an allegory for christ is because he is christ.&nbsp;&nbsp; What Lewis is doing in the chronicles of narnia is to educate about how the christian faith works on the metaphysical level.&nbsp; Fantasy is a great avenue for this goal.&nbsp; In that I would say the chronicals of Narnia are about as allegorical as The Book of Mormon.&nbsp; Its just a different story of Jesus.LIke Lord of the Rings, many people seem to get confused between allegory and applicibility.&nbsp; It occurs to me that if you played a version of D&amp;D in narnia you would not have all that many Humans.&nbsp; Aaron.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jester47, post: 624835, member: 2238"] Actually as I remember it, Narnia is not an allegory. It does not represent anythig that happened in the real world or in another story. You cant take the white whitch and say she represents person x in history or in the tale of christ. That is what allegory is all about and the Chronicles of Narnia don't do that. Yes The Chronicles of Narnia share elements from the story of christ but that is because christ(aslan) is a major character doig what christ does best. The reason Aslan is not an allegory for christ is because he is christ. What Lewis is doing in the chronicles of narnia is to educate about how the christian faith works on the metaphysical level. Fantasy is a great avenue for this goal. In that I would say the chronicals of Narnia are about as allegorical as The Book of Mormon. Its just a different story of Jesus. LIke Lord of the Rings, many people seem to get confused between allegory and applicibility. It occurs to me that if you played a version of D&D in narnia you would not have all that many Humans. Aaron. [/QUOTE]

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