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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 21 points 4 months ago (7 children)

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.

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[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Not basically Jesus, literally Jesus.

C.S. Lewis:

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.

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

do not cite the deep magic to me...

Nah, I know my Lotr better than my Narnia tbh.

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[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I mean... He did have a descendant from god sacrifice himself only for him to get resurrected..

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's hardly an idea the Christians came up with.

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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 ;)

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

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.

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

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.