Who is the Lady of the Green Kirtle? | Narnia Lore | The Silver Chair
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- Of all the villains in the history of Narnia, none is more mysterious than the Green Witch, The Emerald Woman, The Lady of the Green Kirtle. In this two part series we'll look at the legendary villain of the Silver Chair and the lore of the shapeshifting witch. We'll talk about her most dangerous powers, and explore her mysterious origins.
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She's one of the main reasons I was so bummed the Disney movie series got axed. I think The Lady of the Green Kirtle had/has such a great untapped potential to be a wonderful villain/character if executed correctly.
Supposedly she was the power behind the Green Mist in the recent movies so that they could build her up as an ancestral enemies to the house of Caspian.
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This has always been an interesting mystery for me. I remember reading that many thought she was Jadis, in large part because she was portrayed by the same actress in an old tv adaptation.
I remember that too. She also played the hag in Prince Caspian. Such a powerful actress but she hasn't been in much.
The clue may also be in the name: The Lady of the green girtle. Jadis as in Jade, or green.
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Or maybe it was her daughter.
It's also because in the characters introduction section in some editions, it was stated that Jadis was evil in The Silver Chair. The publisher fucked up big time with this baseless speculation.
My two favourite lore channels crossing over in the comment section, I love it!
Narnia is so underrated. Especially when it comes to world building. I know people try to write it off as Christian allegory (which isn’t bad because that is are more complex than people know). But narnia’s with mysterious magical figures and witches and demons and interdimensional travel etc.
They dismiss it as that out of mere bigotry. No concern about the writing.
It is a Christian allegory.
Nothing wrong with it being a Christian allegory. It’s just that people today think the religion is bad or something, and that they are so enlightened. I have actually come back more to christianity due to Narnia and LoTR.
How lotr?
I love Lord of the Rings too but I also think christianity is bad. It sucks. That does t mean I cant theoretically enjoy a christian allegory for the art.
I always thought she was just another ancient being from a land we never learn about in the books. After the voyage of the dawn treader, it was pretty clear that that world is bigger than we assume and full of mysterious things.
One day you may find put that what you said applies to THIS world.
Rare to see a Narnia lore channel!
I have a few recommendations.
-Tash
-Calormen
-The Telmarines
-The Wood Between the Worlds
-Charn
-Emeth
-Archenland
I hope this channel grows!
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Solid stuff. Thanks.
Yeah I really hope this channel grows
@@IntotheWardrobe It's Fantastic to delve deep into the LORE of Narnia yet for Theories, that's a more delicate area since anything is possible but not everything is probable.
For example,
it's possible that this comment doesn't exist.
The fact that your reading it says otherwise.
I would be excited for Tash.
The wood between the worlds was borrowed from an earlier writer. I can’t remember who or what the story was though.
It's fitting that we know nothing about the past of the villain who causes other characters to forget their pasts.
My theory is that she's Lilith. I believe Jadis is a descendant of Lilith, right? In many versions of Genesis, Lilith becomes the snake that deceives Adam and Eve. The Lady of the Green Kirtle ALSO becomes a snake. It would make sense if it were Lilith due to her seemingly appearing divine and ancient. Lilith was designed to be the perfect wife to Adam before Eve.
I kind of like that. And if she's a Jinn like Mr. Beaver says, it might not be too hard for her to travel to other worlds - she would be an unusually corporeal Jinn though.
If you look to George McDonald’s Lilith from Phantasties; you may well be correct. McDonald was by Lewis’s admission his mentor. Lilith was in the apocryphal books was of the giant’s race rather than human. Then again so was Jadis. As Revelation mentions three faces of evil that stand against the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; the lady of the green kirtel is another manifestation of evil.
@@MagusMarquillin I believe that she was Lilith’s sister cause if you fall for the Devil you rule hell
Nope. Not biblical. Lilith is actually represented by the screech owl.
Lilith is a nice theory, but some details are wrong. Lilith is nowhere in the Bible, except for a mention in passing in a list of demons and beasts that haunt ruined cities, and even there, the word may mean "owl." For a long time, she was just one more Mesopotamian night-demon, responsible for crib deaths, wet dreams, and night paralysis Then, in the Middle Ages, she showed up in "The Alphabet of Ben Sira," a book of satiricial Bible-based stories. This is the first mention of her as Adam's first wife, or as connected with Adam at all. In that story, she runs off to consort with the demons of the Red Sea and give birth to hordes of her own breed of demons, the Lilim. Later, she was sometimes identified with the Serpent in the Garden (which makes her a good candidate for the Green Witch), as seen in Michelangelo's painting of the Temptation. Dante Gabriel Rosetti's poem "Eden Bower," narrated by Lilith, is based on that idea.
I really liked how most of her battle with the crew was psychological (and slightly psychedelic?). She got them to question the very existence of the sun and sky, and Aslan with her words. Of course, she turns into a giant snake later, but it was one of my favorite villain moments
Some of the most dangerous battles happen in our minds, don't they?
(I haven’t watched part 2 yet so bear with me)
I know it seems far fetched, but I have a theory; what if the Lady of the Green Kirtle was actually Jadis’s sister, the one we hear about in the Magicians Nephew??
Yes I know it’s crazy but hear me out.
Jadis said in charn that before and her sister started the war, they both promised that neither side would use magic. Jadis says her sister “broke that promise”, so what could she do? Maybe the sister learned something like shape-shifting...
Jadis also said “she even knew that I had the secret of the Deplorable Word.” So it’s not like Jadis’s sister didn’t know she had that power.
What if she learned a spell that would transport her out of charn and into somewhere like the Wood Between the Worlds? So when Jadis began to speak the Deplorable Word, she cast her spell that transported her into either the wood or another world; the other world being Narnia. So Jadis thinks she’s dead by her hand, but she’s actually alive!
When she arrives in Narnia, Jadis’s sister uses her magic to amass the Earthmen and build a kingdom underground so that one day she can take over the world. She chooses to stay out of Narnia while her sister ruled out of fear her magic is stronger than hers. And so, in my theory, two survivors of charn survive their worlds destruction.
This is JUST MY THEORY!!! Hope y’all enjoyed 😂
Jadis never says that her sister escaped and if Jadis was the more learned witch how could her sister have a get out of the world instantly spell but Jadis had to go into suspended animation until some kids woke her up. Plus Narnia doesn’t exist until she and diggory end up stumbling in while Aslan was creating narnia meaning that if her Sister was there before then she would’ve been just chilling in a void until Aslan showed up and decided to just let her stay while he made the world despite knowing she was evil and not kicking her out beforehand. The others stayed because Aslan was too busy creating stuff to stop and do anything.
I always somehow thought the Lady of the Green Kirtle was Jadis's sister. Not sure where I picked it up in the books, but after reading them, it just struck me that this was so because (to me) it explained a lot about her origin and abilities. Then when I came here and didn't see anything about them being sisters/related ... yeah, well. I was definitely disappointed about my apparent misrecollection.
There’s one detail from The Silver Chair that’s always stuck with me. Nobody sees the snake come out of the forest, all they hear is the Queen scream and then see the snake slithering away. It mentions that as she was dying the Queen was urgently trying to tell Rilian something but she couldn’t get the words out.
I feel pretty sure that she knew the truth about the snake. What if the Lady appeared first to the Queen, and taunted her that she would abduct Rilian and rule Narnia in a matter of ten years, and only transformed and bit the Queen after she screamed?
I grew up watching the BBC Chronicles of Narnia and loved them so much. Barbara Kellerman was a masterful Jadis. With her playing both characters, I always felt the Lady of the Green Kirtle was Jadis reincarnated or had her energies. There's a deep connection there.
The same thing happened to me; :) I think that deep down I wanted her back as the villain, and the Hag in Prince Caspian had teased it was possible! That hag was also played by Barbra Killerman, but I hadn't noticed that until she dropped the sweet facade and shouted: " *you can always get them Baaaack!* ", at that point my jaw dropped and I felt like she was already back, even though the story contradicted it, or like maybe she was being channeled.
But that theory of Jadis and LotGK being the same is apparently controversial enough to get banned on at least one Narnia forum - I wonder if it originates from the BBC's Silver Chair, or if it predates it.
@@MagusMarquillin Oh my. A movie with two villainesses, Barbara Kellerman and Tilda Swinton, would be so epic, wouldn't it?
@@Tarotlynx That would be pretty cool. Tilda would be like" "Calm down girl, don't reveal so much." and Barbara be like: _"Giiiirrrrl?_ I was *EnChanTING the WORLDs* _when you were in your training pants!_ *HAHAHA!"*
She reminds me of the Belle Dame sans Merci, a Faye woman who lured knights with beauty and made them loose track of time and memory.
I always believed she's Jadis' daughter
I think she is Jadis herself.
@@lukasvalisek7483 Jadis was killed by Aslam Himself. There's no way she survived THAT.
@@danilodesouza6461 well her servants claimed she is resurrectable. Perhaps because she ate the Apple of immortality. In Lewis mythology she is presented almost as a deity, evil itself, basically satan to god, so for me, the green lady is Jadis. But that's the beauty of it, you can interpret it in more ways and can have your own view without contradicting others.
Lol, I'm shocked.
Agreed! If Aslan was able to resurrect, I think Jadis was able to as well. They were supposed to be the opposing powers of good vs evil, as you said god vs Satan, both of whom are eternal.
Her "divine" race ancientness, enchanted music, and ability to be of malleable form, suggests the Green Lady is somehow tied-to, and perhaps a shard of, that initial, primordial, Deep Magic, by which Aslan sang the world into Being...shaping-re-forming-things to His will.
i always thought she was jadis but guess not lol. I liked her trope of the villain that is so chill and whimsical but then snaps when one of the heroes breaks a spell or something.
I always suspected she is either an offspring an actual descendant of jadis or an actual fairy that traveled the wood between worlds or some similiar dimensional traveling manner as the fae were mentioned being able to traverse between the multiverse and they are certainly far from being benign
Hmmm.....verrry interesting.... :-)
@@IntotheWardrobe First book by timeline the magicians nephew does mentions these race of beings albeit loosely hence the rings to travel woods between the worlds created from the half fairy godmothers dust I speculate pureblood fairies already migrated off from Earth
But we're faeries malicious
I always think she's the White Witch reincarnated. In Prince Caspian, Nikabrik, the Werewolf and the Hag suggested resurrecting the White Witch to help them overthrow Miraz and his army. Though Caspian and his followers protested against it and said the Witch was long since killed by Aslan, the Hag asked "Who's heard of a witch that's dead? You can always bring them back!". My theory's when Jadis died, her spirit took on the temporary form of a serpent and her desire was to retake Narnia and return to power. So when she killed Rilian's mother, she regained her humanoid form and her powers of mind control, dark magic and shapeshifting similar to the Master in Doctor Who and Lord Voldemort. In order to take over Narnia, Jadis hypnotised all the Earthmen as her new army whilst kidnapping Rilian and mind controlling him as her new puppet. Afterwards, when her task is finished, Jadis would murder Rilian and reign over Narnia before during the Hundred Year Winter. That's my theory.
Narnia is my favorite book series. So many truths revealed in ways that encourage one to look deeper into oneself.
Who thinks he should make more vids?
I do!
Definitely, maybe do some theory videos too
Next week's video will definitely be a theory video. :-)
@@IntotheWardrobe nice, I look forward to it
I certainly do!
I like to think that she is a reincarnation of Jadis. Not only cuz she was played by the same actress in the BBC special, but also because of their similarities in abilities, motivations and strategies. Plus there's that line from "Prince Caspian": "Who ever heard of a witch who truely died? You can always bring them back!" I get the feeling that before it was cancelled, the Disney chronicles series was going to say that the green mist in "Dawn Treader" managed to combine Edmunds fears of Jadis and the sea serpent into one being, who would become the Lady of the Green Kirtle. Thus, she would not only have knowledge of ancient times, but also a vendetta against the throne of Caspian.
I’ve always loved this character and I LOVED Barbara Kellerman’s portrayal growing up haha.
"We will watch your career with great interest"
*subbed*
This mystery has always bothered me. I've always been curious about the "native" magic users of the world of Narnia. Jadis came from another world but the Green Lady, the Magician from "Dawn Treader" and the hag from "Prince Caspian" always really interested me. Are they from other worlds too?
Well the Magician is an exiled star, so in a sense he comes from another "world", like an astral world - though presumably in the same Narnian universe. The there's no real evidence on the others not being natives, but Jadis could be responsible for the idea of learning arcane arts in general.
Oh, and you left out Santa Claus, but I'm pretty sure he travels between worlds, cause obviously he works here. :)
It's not explicitly mentioned from the books in the case of the Green Lady. The Magician was a star as Magus Marquillin comments below; but I think the hag is just one of the evil creatures of the world and not from outside.
In between the Magician's Nephew and the LWW Jadis was in the North biding her time and strength and building up her army, and hags and other evil creatures flocked to her. Though I wonder how these hags and evil creatures came into being. Were they some normal good creatures until Jadis corrupted them, or were they spawned of Jadis' hatred and black sorcery? I guess it would likely be the former as that was how the Orcs were formed from Elves in Tolkien's work, and CS Lewis would probably recycle the same idea in his own work, being a good friend of Tolkien.
@@MagusMarquillin it’s been a while since I’ve read the books but I’m pretty sure the magician was on a completely different island. But maybe they were the same character and I just didn’t get it? And Santa Clause is a good addition but I’d make a distinction between magical creatures and characters who use magic. But Jadis using magic to keep him out is an interesting concept.
@@shastasilverchairsg I love how that brings up the idea is magic evil? Aslan mentions the deep magic so that seems to be divine magic given the religious allegory in the series so maybe the other forms of magic are a corruption of that.
@@Mr.Efffff Ramandu was a different star, who I think was essentially on sabbatical, but the magician's name was Coriakin, he said he was a star who had committed some undefined crime and was serving his sentence on the planet looking after one-legged simpletons - we don't get many details.
The White Witch was pretty bad, but the Lady of the Green Kirtle still creeps me out.
She is a master at gaslighting.
Good video. It explains and makes sense about why she murdered Queen Lilliandi and why Prince Rillian became her black knight are why she was plotting to invade and conquer Narnia.
She's probably Lewis' snarky swipe at Ozma of Oz.
I would say she borrows imagery from Galinda and the Wicked Witch of the West.
I had this theory that The Emerald Lady was either a sister or accomplice of Jadis, the White Witch
Well done, at first I thought your presentation was cheesy, but I'm starting to enjoy it for its sincerity that you don't find anywhere else. Normally when there is a persona behind videos with catchphrases and an IP to back up it is very flat and insincere, but so far it seems to me that your heart is honestly behind what you're doing.
I appreciate the dedication to a great book series and my favorite Author.
Yes, cheesy AND sincere! Thanks for watching!
Does anybody ever ask about Narnia’s ancient history? Right after it’s creation: what made the Stone table and for what purpose? What happened to Aslan’s garden? What was the history of the first humans if even after nearly 1000 years had none been seen in Narnia? Did the Tree of protection die from Jadis or Narnian negligence? There is so much mystery🤔
Amazon gonna buy the rights and create a new series in that timespan lol
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Here’s to hoping they don’t screw it up or add unnecessary politics🥃
I always thought the Lady was meant to be The White Witch’s sister; the one that was meant to have died in Charn
That would make sense. Both were power hungry women, but used different methods. Jadis was all about subjugation and tyranny. Meanwhile, we hear how her sister was well liked, so having the manipulative and charming Lady in the Green Kirtle be Jadis’ sister would be a appropriate explanation.
@@Confederate-hj2dc so like Cersei and Margery
What about her daughter? It would make more sense.
@@Tarotlynx The White Witch is not confirmed to have a daughter, we know she had a sister
@@mjade1097 But the sister is confirmed to have died, because the whole world was lifewiped by Jadis safe for herself
Love this channel!
Lol just found your channel today and was going to suggest you do the lore of the green witch after work and lo and behold, you posted it 30 min ago
Serendipity!! Awesome.
Was LITERALLY just listening to Narnia music. Great video brother and God bless!
And no suprise- this channel has again outdone itself by making another incredible video
Omg I binged this channel all day and I assumed this was like a 500k subscriber Chanel, love the content, so underrated
The Silver Chair is my FAVOURITE Narnia book. There's just something so exciting about a Quest, and Signs to follow, and the whole idea of following these signs that defy logic and going against your normal everyday thinking. And also the whole idea of deception and the Evil One turning the whole world upside down in the thick, confused air in the lowlands below Aslan's mountain.
I found your channel yesterday and omg it's so good. I honestly didn't know there were people out there who are as in to Narnia as me (plus the quality of your videos is fantastic) 💜
So glad you found the channel!
Agreed. The analysis combined with the various artworks makes these videos very interesting to watch.
@@IntotheWardrobe finally someone who’s American speaking to me in English
Speaking of Lady of the Green Kirtle... how about a brief introduction to Marsh-wigglers' history and culture?
I grew up on The Chronicles of Narnia because my parents wouldnt let me read Harry Potter (Christian upbringing) Both are great series in their own right. But Narnia was my escape. And I'm proud to say. That at 26, all the stories and lore of Narnia still give me the chills and make me smile like an idiot. Plus I'm re-reading the series (in publication order of course) So this is the best channel out right now!
So happy there is finally a dedicated narnia lore channel, keep up the great content!
Netflix has to adapt this like OMGGGG
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Incredible channel, I'm glad i found it
I would love to know if she came from another world like Charn (where Jadis the White Witch was originally from) OR if she was from one of the Eastern Islands that the Dawn Treader passed through on their journey such as the Island of Mists that could warp the mind to a similar degree to the Lady of the Green Kirtle and would fit in with the theme of transformation/illusion that was prevalent in that part of the story...her age and ability to shape shift makes this less likely though....the thing that makes it difficult to gauge is that the time stream in Narnia is much faster than that of our world; the whole dimension was born and died within about 60 years of our time which for them constituted many centuries. She could for instance still be ancient by Narnian standards and still have been born after the end of the reign of the Pevensie children.
Narnia for life!!!!
Yes!
"To the death!"
Do you have any idea how long I have waited for a channel like this?
I am so glad that I found your channel because I love to hear more Narnia Lore. Really like the way you have drawings that can help viewers know what ur talking about. I just really love your storytelling
Another great video and very interesting and can’t wait for the next one. Love live Narnia!!
Love your channel and your work. Keep up the fantastic job.
The art in your videos is fantastic!
Thank you for posting this 😄
So glad I found this channel, this is my favorite series!
Love your videos, I hope someday you'll cover Tash in a video, being Aslan's evil counterpart it would be something to learn more about him outside of his appearance in The Last Battle
Well, you just earned a subscription from me! I never knew about the Green Witch until I saw this video! Great work, and I hope your channel grows and becomes a great information center for all types of Narnia lore!
Excellent! Thank you very much. :)
Awesome video !
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In a way, the Lady of the Green Kurtle could be considered the “Gannondorf” of that particular Narnian age.
Ah yes, Silver Chair stuff.
Super video !
Man these videos are top notch ✌🏻
I just found this channel and already subscribed to it! I love Narnia, this channel is amazing. Keep up the awesome work
Thanks for the note and thanks for subscribing!
Binging everything......fantastic.
the silver chair was always my favorite, thank you for making this as I grasp the details much better now that Im a adult compared to a teenager
So as it turns out this is basically the perfect time for Narnia to be adapted again, specifically the Silver Chair since 'WandaVision' is still fresh in everyone's minds, and then with the Lady of the Green Kirtle SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN 'WANDAVISION'
we'll meet another witch who uses her magic to if not warp actual reality then at least to control peoples minds and behaviours.
Except of course that in WandaVision she did so as a result of a mental breakdown out of a whole lifetime of grief and loss while the Lady's doing so is calmly planned and deliberately enacted with a specific goal for power rather than a desire for personal peace, love and happiness.
Did I pause when I saw my comment on screen... yes. Did I love this video? ABSOLUTELY! I can’t wait for part two! Thanks for making these videos, I’m absolutely blown away by the quality and information 🥰
Haha, thanks for making a cameo! So glad you're enjoying.
@@IntotheWardrobe any time! 😂
Cool character witch into the narnia
I've read the book titled The Silver Chair, and I'm surprised it didn't get made into a movie!
Very good video. Can't wait for part two. While I don't think you need the help, as you seem to being doing well on your own, if you haven't yet, check out the book "Companion to Narnia" by Paul F. Ford. It's really interesting, and provides a lot of context and hidden connections between the various themes and characters in Lewis's work.
Thanks for the recommendation--I'll absolutely give it a read.
I love Narnia ❤️
I think the Green Lady is Jadis, because, if you remember, in Prince Caspian they tried to reawaken the witch, and they only got halfway through when they were attacked, which may be why she took a long time to wake up again. Maybe.
Have you every read the Magicians series by Lev Grossman? There's a fictional series based on Narnia that the main character is obsessed with that actually ends up being pretty integral to the story. I think it'd be fun to do a video based on the similarities and differences.
Thanks for the recommendation. Can't wait to check it out.
ive been trying to find people who have done that too! everyone tries amd compare it to harry potter but, when in reality it actually goes off of narnia more! You are the first person ive seen who actually brought this up
I'm mostly finished with the Narnia series I'm glad that I'm not the only 1 that is really into it. Oh I just had a theory probably not true but what if the Lady of the Green Kirtle is the White Witche's sister from but on Charn or maybe she is a servant of Tash both probably are incorrect but something to think about
i like that theory of her being jadis's sister but i think jadis's entire family died bc of her deplorable word thing
@@poggywoggy4677 yeah that's why I think its probably not but maybe she found some other magic to let her escape and what do you think about her possibly being a minion of Tash
Love these theories!
@@IntotheWardrobeI'm glad to hear that
@@hglundahl yeah that would be the thing and also what do you think about her maybe being a servant of Tash
What was her true form the beautiful woman or the Serpent?
And could she turn into anything else?
Hmm... she might be an Animagus!
It would be interesting if she was Lilith.. the first wife of Adam.. before Eve.. the Chronicles of Narnia refers to Adam and Eve.
The CoN refer to Lilith too: Mr Beaver says that Jadis comes from Adam's first wife Lilith, who's a Jinn and from Giants on the other side. Funny to think Ms. Green Kirtle could be Jadis's Ancestor, when most think it goes the other way, as a deciple/daughter/"clone"/Jadis herself - assuming the Beaver's knew what they're talking about, cause I don't know why the Witch Queen's ancestry would be public knowledge.
@@MagusMarquillin I think she is either Lilith or she is based on her. Lilith was queen of the demons and she dispised men. I would assume she was more powerful than a witch and that she would be even more powerful than Jadis. We only get a glimpse of her powers and her evil in the silver chair. However she to me is the darkest of evil in Narnia lore. It would be interesting to make a silver chair movie to follow on from the walden movie series, as it now new children in a different time in Narnia.
And then even do a prequel with Tilda Swinton in the magicians nephew.. and then complete the final battle with the original children now older , to complete the series
@@jackjackson3769 There was a Silver Chair movie in the works, but it's gone to Netflix now, who I think are starting over from scratch - which I'm happy about especially getting another attempt at Dawn Treader. Hopefully this time it we'll get the entire chronicles.
@@MagusMarquillin yes I would love to see the whole series. Even as a Netflix series
@@MagusMarquillin how do they even know about Lilith isn’t narnia a different world
I just asked about this yesterday. This is like Christmas and my birthday! Can't wait to see the 2nd part so I can weigh in. Currently, I'd like to think that the Lady in the Green Kirtle (LGK) is Narnia's version of Jadis. Since Jadis came from another plane of existence, (Charn) there must be a version of Jadis in the OG Narnia as well and it's possibly the LGK. That means there were two of them in one plane at one time. I wonder if that's why Narnia ended so quickly and never became "developed". It makes my head hurt!
You sound like you're saying Narnia's an alternate universe, where everyone has a double and a few things have happened differently, rather then a completely other world with different races/magic/history.
Netflix is the only hope for the continuation of the Narnia series FOR NARNIA!!
What I appreciate in the Silver Chair is the spiritual war is made visible, mostly by the lady. The part where it is the best visible is when Rilian sits on the silver chair and the children, Puddleglum and the lady are in that same room. The children and Puddleglum are trying hard to remember who they really are, in contrast whatever the lady says. One time the lady wins, the other time the travellers.
I always thought she came from either an old hag or nymph and used dark magic like Jadis (or some form of sorcery) to change her appearance... though if she were born a demonic serpent (Like Tash) then that's another thing...
The silver Chair is one of the creepiest books I've ever read. I loved it though
She honestly chills me more than Jadis does, and that's saying something!
Yay! I got so excited when I saw this in my feed I literally squealed and my boyfriend ran into the room to see why lol
Ha! Sounds like a good guy!
I'm still mad that they didn't make the movie of Silver Chair. I want to see Will Poulter as Eustace again.
Dude, how legit do you think High King Peter was in his prime? I've always wondered. A lore or theory video for him would be sick!
How interesting! He must have been pretty tough--off leading wars against giants and such.
@@IntotheWardrobe he's apparently pretty legendary if Calormen generals had known him for being a skilled swordsman centuries later.
One of the reasons The Horse and His Boy always appealed to me is that it's the only real glimpse you get of the Pevensies during the Golden Era of Narnia. I'd love for more content from this time, even if it is just fan made.
Honestly, the Lady of the Green Kindle scares me far more than the White Witch. The idea of warping someone's mind to forget even the most fundimental truths and doubt the existence of the sun itself is terrifying. Her power is the ultimate form of gaslighting that could turn against even their own family and make them love her for it.
That terrifying feeling is why I think Lewis made her the analogue of sin itself. You get hurt by something, and then it begins lying to you, reading the truth of your life, origin, and destiny while locking you into a shame that you can't escape without the intervention of others. Very fitting for the Christian concept of sin.
As Narnian villains go my first one would be Jadis, the lady of the green kurtle, and Caspian’s uncle
I would like to hear about Aslan's counterpart, Tash. He oddly only appears in "The Final Battle" as I don't think he's mentioned in any of the other Narnia books.
Well by cross examining the original illustrations seen by Lewis himself , from the charn city . We can say that Tash came from charn as well as one of the fountains had a picture similar to illustration of tash itself .
Wasn’t Tash mentioned in A HORSE AND HIS BOY?
@@DLAbaoaqu yes
Beware of the Power of Doubt. Like the Witches' Power, It's a hazy mist yet like Puddleglum, we have to keep ourselves grounded in Truth.
Very well said!
WHAT I IMAGINE IF A NEW VERSION OF (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA) SERIES MIGHT GET MADE:
I think it would be great if this female villain character made an appearance in a new version of (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA) show series.
Maybe she's a star. An exile like Coriakin. That might explain why she went after Ramandu's daughter first.
I'd love to see a "Life of" with Susan Pevensie 😁👍🏻
Fortunately, i got it recommended
Since Narnia has Christian elements, what if she was supposed to the serpent in the garden, the first evil. But she couldn't fulfill her role when time came, because Jadis(an outsider of the world) appeared, and at time was more powerful than her, so she couldn't stand a chance. So she waited.
I think she doesn't exactly correspond to THE serpent/Satan per se (Tash is a direct analogue in the aspect of being the opposite of God/Aslan, but he is more of a passive antagonist; whereas the White Witch plays a more active role and would probably represent Satan in the role of being the first Evil that entered Narnia at the dawn of time in the Magician's Nephew), but is more of a general representation of deception and how evil distorts good and the truth in everyone's mind. Her turning into a serpent when she bit the Queen was probably meant to evoke evil in its aspect of manipulation and deception.
Could you please share a direct link to the illustration in your thumbnail and at the beginning of the video, because I can't find it anywhere and the artists listed in the description are of no help either.
Deceptive creatures as the Lady of the Green Kirtle exist: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
The Guide against their evil power also exists: “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance”
I think the creepiest aspect about her was her laugh and the timings of her laughs.
Do one on the Calormen
Do a video on the telmarines please
Please do tash next
1:34 Think you'll ever do a history of the Telmarine's video? Did they all forget their actual origin, ie that they were basically pirates and that there isn't really a place called Telmar?
I love the art of the lady. It fits so well for a woman who’s beauty is on par with Helen of Troy or Aphrodite‘s. I can’t imagine the lady from the BBC version having the same kind of power to pull the prince away from car par avel.