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unusual facts about Narnia



Adršpach

The rural area around the village was used as the filming location for the winter scenes in the 2005 film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, one of the Narnia books written by British author C.S. Lewis.

Castleton, Derbyshire

The local underground caves were used as the filming location for the underworld, ruled by the evil Lady of the Green Kirtle (played by Barbara Kellerman), in the 1990 BBC adaptation of The Silver Chair (one of the Narnia books written by C.S. Lewis).

Diggory

Digory Kirke, a fictional character from The Chronicles of Narnia

Digory Kirke

Eventually the apple grows into a peculiar tree, and blows down in a storm at the end of the book, many years later; not having the heart to turn it into firewood, Digory has it crafted into the wardrobe which becomes the portal to Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Dvir Benedek

Benedek dubbed Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia, Nigel is a koala in The Wild, Po the panda in Kung Fu Panda.

Frank and Helen

Jadis, the White Witch, took over Narnia 900 years after their reign began and ruled a reign of tyranny for 100 years, but illegitimately (as she was not a Daughter of Eve, but of a race native to Charn), before finally being defeated by Aslan and the Pevensie children, who were then themselves proclaimed Kings and Queens of Narnia.

Hwin

In The Horse and his Boy, (the events of which all occur during the reign of the four Pevensie children in Narnia, an era which begins and ends in the last chapter of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), Hwin and Aravis fall into company with the talking stallion, Bree, to whom Hwin is distantly related, and the boy Shasta.

Hwin also plays a vital role in their escape through Tashbaan, but her plan of disguising themselves fails when King Edmund of Narnia mistakes Shasta for Prince Corin of Archenland and Aravis is recognised by a friend.

Kristen Ridgway Flores

Ms. Flores received her early theatre and acting training in Seattle, Washington, where she participated in numerous theatrical productions including “Helen Keller”, “Guys and Dolls”, “South Pacific“, “Narnia”, and “Little Mary Sunshine”.

Lady of the Green Kirtle

The Lady of the Green Kirtle, also called Queen of Underland and Queen of the Deep Realm, is the main antagonist in The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis.

Lucy Pevensie

She is the youngest of the four Pevensie children, and the first to find the Wardrobe entrance to Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Lucy (who is now 9) travels to Narnia again with her three siblings in Prince Caspian.

Narnian Centaurs

Through the Narnia series, only three centaurs are named: Glenstorm in Prince Caspian, Cloudbirth in The Silver Chair, and Roonwit in The Last Battle.

Poor Old Lu

The name refers to a segment in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, in which Lucy ('Lu'), returns from Narnia and tells her brother, Peter.

Seven Great Lords of Narnia

In chapter 5 of Prince Caspian we learn that after the death of Prince Caspian's father, Miraz initially ruled Narnia as "Lord Protector" for his young nephew.

The Seven Great Lords of Narnia are fictional characters in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis.

Silver chair

The Silver Chair, a novel by C. S. Lewis, part of the Chronicles of Narnia series

The Horse and His Boy

Walden Media, having already made movie adaptions of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, also retains the option to make The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy in the future.

The Last Battle

An ape named Shift has persuaded a well-meaning but simple-minded donkey called Puzzle to dress in a lion's skin and pretend to be the Great Lion Aslan.

The Red Star

This series is colored by the Weta Workshop Design Team, known previously for their film work on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, King Kong, and The Chronicles of Narnia.

The Silver Chair

Jill and Eustace are flown to the marshes on the northern edge of Narnia where they are partnered with the delightfully gloomy but stalwart Marsh-wiggle Puddleglum, who serves as a guide, hunter for food in the wilderness, and down-to-earth voice of reason.

Tirian

He is the protagonist of The Last Battle, in which he is the last King of Narnia, who has to defend his kingdom against subversion and invasion.

Tokarahi

The Elephant Rocks area around the village was used as the location for Aslan's encampment in the 2005 film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, one of the Narnia books written by the British author C.S. Lewis.

William Shand Caie

He was born in Nairn (near Narnia), the son of Robert Shand Caie and Isabella Low, came to New Brunswick with his parents and was educated in Miramichi.


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