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To: Lane3 who wrote (153934)1/6/2006 8:47:21 PM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (2) of 793890
 
The Narnia stories touch the Bible narrative, especially the Gospels, at so many points that it's almost trite to mention it.

Aslan has a father.
In the first book Aslan creates Narnia.
In the last book Aslan judges the saved and the unsaved.

There are of course many differences. Interestingly I can’t find any character that corresponds to the Holy Spirit. Aslan seems to be dying to save one boy, not all the creatures of Narnia. But he was writing fiction not a Bible translation. Was he writing an allegory? He seems not to be to me. He and his pal Tolkien both believe all pagan mythology was an echo of the true Gospel. Maybe Narnia is best described as an echo of the Bible, fanciful but true to the spirit of it.

Might be interesting to compare Lewis and Campbell's ideas about myths. I would suggest they are the same except Campbell thought they are echos of the human spirit and Lewis believe they are powered by the Spirit of God.
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