• Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org
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      6 months ago

      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.

      • Visstix@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

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

          • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org
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            6 months ago

            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 ;)

            • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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              6 months ago

              And those christian 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
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                6 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.

      • Platypus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        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; © I’d been having strange dreams about lions when I began writing the work.