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Glad I stumbled across this channel. Also did anyone other than me get what felt like an audio glitch at around the 12 minute mark? It sounded almost like it was muffled or like there is a barrier inbetween us and him.
I always thought the stag hunt happened when everyone was middle-aged or older. It would make more sense that way Aslan wouldn't let the children return to Narnia after Prince Caspian and Voyage: their Narnian years would catch up to them and they'd die of "old age" while still looking like kids otherwise. Besides, how can you have the Golden "Age" only be a handful of years like that, when the witch gets a full century for her Age of Winter? Since the Dark Age is mostly noted by peaceful rule and it's only "dark" because there was nothing of note to write down, it should be an extension of the Golden Age.
It bugs me in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader Edmund lecturing Caspian on potentially abandoning his people for the sake of seeing Aslan's country...I mean, he practically did the same thing when he and the others left Narnia in pursuit of adventure.
@@bighand1530 2 Peter 3:8 KJV - 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day
We need more and new Movies/Series about Narnia, for example: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Horse and his Boy, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair and The Last Battle, maybe on Netflix! Yes, I once heard that Netflix will make new Movies/Series about Narnia and is supposed to appear in 2022 or 2023 on Netflix!
I'd never actually read the Narnia books but knew they were heavily based on Christian themes but watching this video showed me how much of the bible is paralleled in the stories
I love how Jadis misinterpreted the prophecy that spring would hail Aslan’s return as spring bringing Aslan. I think that’s why she made winter eternal. In fact, Aslan knew that would happen. And it wasn’t that springtime brought Aslan, but that Aslan brought spring.
I haven't read the Chronicles of Narnia in years, so this was a great refresher. And as a Christian, I always find it fascinating to explore C. S. Lewis's work from a theological perspective.
@@l000l1000 From what I heard, Lewis & Tolk were pretty much duo at that time to have alot of inspirations from christianity theme into the unthinkable genre story at that time, which is fantasy (since probably most people at that time prefered the so-called non fiction books......but we all can see how the table has turned today)
Yeah it does as a matter of fact when you read all these books in chronological order you will either cry from sadness or joy in the process because of its Majestic Beauty
14:32 as you narrates this i started crying. I quickly recognized it from the last passages on the last chapter of The Last Battle. "The dream is ended: this is the morning." I never read any fantasy book that ended like that. Rather than closed the door of history, it gives off hope and optimism that one day--when each of our time has ended--we will meet again in His land. That is why Narnia is different. Thank you for this video, its a blessing!
I love how in The Magician's Nephew a tree from Narnia grew in our world but was knocked down in a storm. Kirke used the wood from the tree. To create a wardrobe.
Probably my favorite line in all of the Chronicles comes from Ramandu. "In our world, stars are big balls of flaming gas!" "Even in YOUR world, that isn't what a star *is.* Only what it's *made of.*"
@@davidspring4003 Hm, that _is_ an interesting line. What do u think it’s implications are? Is it referring more to what stars can mean to us symbolically? Or something else?
I'm just glad someone is finally doing lore for Narnia. So many other channels do lore for other series and I love those but glad someone is finally doing this series.
The Chronicles of Narnia are and will forever be my favorite series of books, movies, and audio theater. I am an aspiring author and I think one of my biggest goals is to write a series that can similarly depict a world so wonderfully filled with such deep history, magic, and meaning. The Chronicles of Narnia mean a lot to me and if there was anyone in history I would want to meet they would be C.S. Lewis. His books are so good he himself seems like a fairytale. They are not only filled with rich detail that creates a world anyone would want to live in, they also have an underlying sort of moral or lesson that reminds us that every world has a beginning and an end. Everyone and everything has a purpose and a meaning. Aslan is not entirely mythical for he is the primary example that The Chronicles of Narnia are based on real-life lessons and principles.
I was watching a similar documentary on Hogwarts when it suddenly occured to me that maybe someone had invested in studying Narnia the same way. What a delight to find your channel. I look forward to more. What I like best is that we can see so many parallels with the natural word humans live in. We don't see ourselves as "heroes" in today's world but there is true evil and a true need for God's people to step into their place. Narnia gives us the language to tell our own stories. His story lived out through each of us.
I really really wish that they can make a film of the magician's nephew, I'd love to see the wood between the world's and Charn come to life on the big screen especially with current CGI technology, if it's done right that is
Yes! With the new Unreal Engine realtime video wall technology like the setup that was used in The Mandeolorian, this could be an incredible opportunity to do these books justice at a very cost effective scale.
@@IntotheWardrobe exactly, but not over done, too many movies have been ruined by excessive CGI, I've always loved the BBC series I hope they do it with that kind of passion but with the film CGI look, and none of that rubbish condensed story/mash up stuff they did in Treader, that movie could have been so so much better
This was an amazingly detailed study of Barnian history. I have been a Narnian scholar for nearly 35 years and this has followed many nuggets of history that may have been missed within the series. One thing that has always been interesting is how no one ever enters Narnia the same way twice. Yes the Pevensies did through the Wardrobe but only at one time period.
Lucy entered once by herself, the next accompanied by Edmund, and last with all siblings. So technically she did not re-enter the exact same way I’m guessing.
At the beginning, I forgot that Aslan sang the world into existence. Now, where have we heard that before? But then, Lewis and Tolkien were the best of friends. In fact, Treebeard is supposed to BE Lewis. Or at least based on him.
Man, I wish God had sung the world into existence. Imagine how awesome it would be to be able to sing the song of creation. A song written by God. I know God doesn't make mistakes but this seems like a massive missed opportunity. I've just realized God's never used his pipes once yet as far as it is known.
So I've just started reading the series and my copy is in Lewis preferred order. I've ready through the Magicians Nephew and almost done with Lion Witch and the Wardrobe. The details that are similar between LOTR and Narnia is crazy. It's almost like they were challenged to write fantasy and had to include a select few details. Like having rings, dwarves, a figure evil incarnate from the dawn of time, set in a medieval time/culture, even the badies are associated with snow. It is interesting how they use those few details differently.
@@TorgoFraNorgo I kinda got the gist that it was more they had certain criteria to follow and they each did their own thing with those criteria. Much as you would in a writing class. One assignment and free reign. I mean, both their initial books cater to children. Both are fantasy. Both are heavily Christian in their theology. Both have rings but the rings figure differently in each. I kind want to boil down the commonalities and use it as a basis to write another story just to see if it works again.
This was really good. I hadn't heard of a lot of this stuff before. I like how so much lore and explanation is really hidden within certain pieces of dialogue in these books.
One other cool concept I'd like to see explored: does Aslan's appearance change depending on who is looking at him! This sounds crazy but, when Shasta 'sees' Aslan the first time, he sees him as a cat. When the Pevensies return to Narnia in Prince Caspian, only Lucy can "see" him. And when the others begin to believe her, Aslan goes from being invisible to visible. Lastly, I think (not sure) Aslan's size changes as well depending on how much someone believes in him. I'd love to see a video exploring that phenomenon (if I'm right about it!). :)
Aslan is an analogy of God. In fact, the first three books depict Aslan as God, the Father (a mentor and creator), God, the Son (being with the people, sacrificing himself, and then triumphing over death), then God, the Holy Spirit (seen by those who truly believe and have faith). In fact, Aslan's country is in fact the New Earth referenced in the Bible and The Last Battle is Lewis's interpretation of the last days, with a false prophet, and even an antiChrist type character). In short, Aslan is the Christian God and appears as how God is often described as in the Bible.
@@boogerandfriends I like what you say but I will push back just a little, Aslan has a father, the Emperor Across the Sea. Aslan I thought was always supposed to represent Jesus alone. Obviously this goes into how we perceive the Trinity, but I do like how you painted your picture.
Aslan appeared first as a lion to Shasta, only Shasta didn’t know it was Him. The “two” lions that gave chase to the two talking horses, forcing Shasta and Aravis (And Bre and Hwin) closer together at the beginning of their journey.
@@boogerandfriends I totally agree with you in that I believe that was CS Lewis' intention to have Asian be the God or father figure for those who do not subscribe to the Christian faith. I think that's why Aslan appears differently to each person. He takes the shape that will draw the attention of the person who needs Him. I like to think that God the Father would do the same thing or has in appearing as signs or various people throughout time.
You did such a wonderful job explaining the ages of Narnia. It reminded me of watching a PBS or Discovery Channel special. I also love how you ended the episode, reminding us that there’s something better after our current world ends. Thank you so much for creating this and including all of the beautiful artwork and pictures to give us a visual of what you’re describing. ☺️
Thank you so much for that. I stumbled across the video and being a fan of Narnia since I was a kid (55 now) I was entranced. I introduced my kids to Narnia on VHS in 90's. Incredible stories of an incredible land.
It's so hard to find beautiful art on Narnia! The lore is incredible too! I used to wonder about characters that were mentioned in the books, such as Swanwhite, Ram the Great and others.
Brilliant! This video really helps improve my perspective of time within the books. It also makes me appreciate what the movies were trying to communicate like how many years have passed between TLWW and Prince Caspian
I think I’ve already commented, but I watch your videos multiple times because they are so amazing. But the way you put this one together is like a children’s bible. Fun, easy, to comprehend, and shows Aslan (Christ) throughout. I just LOVE your content!
This channel is amazing! Every video feels like a small documentary. These history lore videos are incredible. More frequent videos are definitely the way to go. I think you should explore the world lore (maybe one video about the wardrobe itself - would make a lot of sense for the channel name ahaha :) and first books that are more popular as much as possible to bring more people to your channel (old and new fans) and then move on to analysis that center around the later tones of the last books. I’d honestly also love for you to have a series/playlist and video on the life of each main (especially Pevensie children first) or relevant secondary character as like a biography and what their meaning was to the series. I love your videos so much!
The Last Battle... my absolute favorite.. but any of the tales are able to transport into the reality of THE Kingdom. I’m drawn deep into wonder by Narnia💖
An absolutely beautiful history lesson! 🙏🏾 Narnia is one of my favourite fantasy worlds but I'm afraid its underappreciated compared to Lord of Rings, Harry Potter, and Percy Jackson.
Fascinating! Love the Narnia lore. When I first saw the title of the video, I did indeed assume that each age was tied to one of the books. I don't think I had ever heard of the Seven Ages of Narnia but each age had a familiar ring to it. Thanks for enlightening me.
Interesting and twisted meaning of interpretation of the Dark Ages of Narnia (black have meany symbolism between void but also serenity too) I love timelines ❤👍
I began my re-read of the series not too long ago and was pleasantly surprised when this channel was suggested! Glad this type of content exists for such a large part of my childhood
I love these books, but Jewel's explanation of the name "the dark age" being that things were so peaceful and prosperous that nothing interesting happened makes no sense at all. If nothing bad happened, surely that means record keeping is at it's most efficient, thus not dark at all - at least as we use the term. And stuff still happens, life always happens, with all these diverse species living together, the Chronicler wouldn't just be: "Another year of partying and fun. Telmar's pretty chill, not too nationalistic. Archenland's super chill, just crowned Cor 199th! The Islands are all chilling. Seems like all the giants are now gentle, they invite our citizens for feasts and they never want to come back! And even silly Tashban hasn't been getting in our face about anything for 1000 years! Haha, what's going on? History is a big haze dude! More Wine Bachus!" heh, good video though. *(EDIT:* I renounce this nitpick, explained 6 posts down.)
It is so sad C. S. Lewis could not have lived long enough to record every year of Narnian history for us, but as Jill and Digory once discussed no one would have to be made to learn it.
@@soloflight75 Heh, maybe that's where Jewel was coming from, it's a "dark age" cause no one bothers to read about it. Course, being fond of his frenemy Tolkien's work, I don't mind a lot of fictional history - but I respect that wasn't Lewis's style: keeping it relevant and accessible.
@@MagusMarquillin I agree. I much prefer the upbeat work of Lewis. War was a part of life in Narnia but it never seemed to be the point of the stories. It seems the Narnian wars were in the stories to make the struggles real. Without the struggle what would be the point of the stories? Nothing screams urgency like a war. Now if we can just keep Putin from using the deplorable word we can get back to dancing with the fawns.
Just speculation but could it be possible that during the dark age, the people became so complacent they didn't bother to record it's history? I see it in our young people today - an apathy that comes from never knowing hardship like the generations before them.
@@janellmichael2166 Yeah, I think that's what is being suggested here, and, apathy or not, we certainly don't live in a golden age today - even if some hardship has lessened - nor one where history has stopped. So the apathy would have to be systemic across Narnia, technically an Empire, which usually implies meddling to say the least. So, a successfully isolationist Empire for a one *thousand* years - something hard to imagine, in our would at least.
Oh my word, i didn't think was going to end like that but amazing wrap+up. The Magician's Nephew will forever be one of the most precious experiences to me, it makes everything worth when Aslan says "This is the true Narnia." You've made so much sense of this time line, I never could've put it together myself, thanks so much 🫶🏻
it is a great privilege to say that I'm able to access the beautiful inspiration for the setting of Narnia from my back door. when you enter the Morne Mountains in N. Ireland you truly feel like you have entered a different world.
I enjoyed learning more about the Dark age of Narnia; thanks for sharing! Awhile back, you mentioned you would be going through the themes of the islands explored/discovered during “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” but we haven’t yet heard it. Might this be the subject of the next video?
I just started reading the entire series a few weeks ago with my kids. We are going in order through all of the books. And when we finish a book that has a movie, we will watch the movie and see what parts from the book are in there and what is different. My son was so bummed when he realized there was no movie for the Magicians' Nephew. One of our favorite parts from that story was of course Asland singing Narnia into existence. Such beautiful imagery. But we all laughed and laughed when the animals put the Magician in the dirt to "plant him." We laughed so hard at that. I think a movie with that story would be absolutely amazing! We are about to go into the third book "The Horse and His Boy." What's cool is I don't even know anything about the stories outside the movies (except for the LWW one). And I find myself even more excited than my kids to find out what's going to happen next. I'm 43, but I've always loved LWW since I was probably 5 years old! And as others have commented, I truly love the parallel between the Bible and these stories. So awesome!
Great video! I definitely would like to hear more about the Lone Islands and the other places close to Narnia. A video about Father Time would also be cool.
I'm 42 and am going through the Narnia books for the first time. I really struggle with reading fiction and getting into "story grip." I hope this channel can help me follow the plot of the series and each book individually.
It never stops breaking my heart that the Pevencie children just left Narnia and all their friends were missing them and died and 1300 years have passed and….it’s just not fair
And so rises the question - how much of this would've happened (in particular the white witch/empress jadis) is one little boy (Andrew the so called scholar and magician) hadn't broken his death-bed promise to his godmother - you'd think that if someone who may have been one of the last fairies in England tells you, in no uncertain terms, to destroy something and even gives you the instructions on how to destroy it than it would be a clear sign that it needs to be destroyed.
Hi! I'm an new subscriber of your channel. Thank you for your hardwork on posting these videos. Love it very much! Out there many channels dedicated to similar series like LOTR and Harry Potter but not Narnia. It feels soooo good to see there are many people that still care about Narnia and waiting for the Netflix adaptations. Hope they will announce something asap so the current generation will be familiar to Narnia and help this channel grow as well! Once again thank you for your dedication with this video. Love from Indonesia😍🤩
I might be wrong but I believe I read somewhere that according to the author,Aslan is "Jesus" & that his country is "Heaven" which makes a lot of sense at the end of this video since it is eternal.
Could you make a video about the professor? i'm always intrigued by that character in the film.for someone who have trouble reading books,your video really helped me alot. Thanks
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What would aslan think of the Greek gods in Percy Jackson’s why hasn’t he put them in their place
Glad I stumbled across this channel. Also did anyone other than me get what felt like an audio glitch at around the 12 minute mark? It sounded almost like it was muffled or like there is a barrier inbetween us and him.
I can tell you're a huge fan of Narnia, are you a fan of Tolkien too?
I loved reading the latest book in the series “Coming out of the wardrobe: Aslan’s adventure from ferocious to fabulous”
When I was younger I was always upset for the siblings for leaving Narnia both times. 15yrs of a golden age is just so short!
I always thought the stag hunt happened when everyone was middle-aged or older. It would make more sense that way Aslan wouldn't let the children return to Narnia after Prince Caspian and Voyage: their Narnian years would catch up to them and they'd die of "old age" while still looking like kids otherwise.
Besides, how can you have the Golden "Age" only be a handful of years like that, when the witch gets a full century for her Age of Winter? Since the Dark Age is mostly noted by peaceful rule and it's only "dark" because there was nothing of note to write down, it should be an extension of the Golden Age.
@@benwagner5089 because the golden age parallels reality. Our golden age, as human, on lasts for a short period of time.
It bugs me in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader Edmund lecturing Caspian on potentially abandoning his people for the sake of seeing Aslan's country...I mean, he practically did the same thing when he and the others left Narnia in pursuit of adventure.
@@leeroll123 2 Peter 3:8 comes to mind.
@@bighand1530 2 Peter 3:8 KJV - 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day
I'd love to hear a little about Archenland, I think that The Horse and His Boy is criminally underrated.
Same
Dude saaame
It's my favorite book
We need more and new Movies/Series about Narnia, for example: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Horse and his Boy, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair and The Last Battle, maybe on Netflix!
Yes, I once heard that Netflix will make new Movies/Series about Narnia and is supposed to appear in 2022 or 2023 on Netflix!
Agreed.
I'd never actually read the Narnia books but knew they were heavily based on Christian themes but watching this video showed me how much of the bible is paralleled in the stories
Oh you’ll love it Aslan is the best character
It’s done really tastefully. I’m not a Christian myself but I could still appreciate the religious themes.
They are wonderful books. C.S. Lewis was a literary genius. He and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings books) were great friends.
@@nmoney6655because Aslan is Jesus Christ
@janine5784, you’re right, and in their youth the part of a literary group called The Inklings, writing and critiquing each others’ works.
I wish that The Magician’s Nephew and The Last Battle had film adaptations.
I saw the Penvisie death scene so that’s a possibility
Me too
Same.
That would be awesome to see.. The silver chair too.
And a boy and his horse too
I love how Jadis misinterpreted the prophecy that spring would hail Aslan’s return as spring bringing Aslan. I think that’s why she made winter eternal. In fact, Aslan knew that would happen. And it wasn’t that springtime brought Aslan, but that Aslan brought spring.
So true!
I’m bout to read all of these hos just cuz of this comment
I think it was Edmund asking Jadis to create a specifically-Christmas candy for him. She, with her own power, made the first crack in the ice.
@@abcdefghij337When she makes him the Turkish Delight? Never realized!
I haven't read the Chronicles of Narnia in years, so this was a great refresher.
And as a Christian, I always find it fascinating to explore C. S. Lewis's work from a theological perspective.
with this video, I finally understood why people say that the story of narnia looks like the bible.
@@l000l1000 I think it's partly why the series is so timeless. It's based on a story that has aided and inspired humanity for thousands of years.
@@l000l1000 I think that the Bible has a lot to say about the early days of the universe and the last days
@@nmoney6655 yes i know
@@l000l1000 From what I heard, Lewis & Tolk were pretty much duo at that time to have alot of inspirations from christianity theme into the unthinkable genre story at that time, which is fantasy (since probably most people at that time prefered the so-called non fiction books......but we all can see how the table has turned today)
It's shocking how short Narnian history really is, less than 3000 years in their time and less than a hundred in Earth's time.
Our boy summarised the Bible in 15 minutes😂.
Great video man, its so amazing revisiting Narnia.
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@@stuppittyhed ok.
@@stuppittyhed Actually yeah. If you’ve read the Bible, you’d see that The Chronicles of Narnia is sort of based on it.
@@stuppittyhed it was literally written by CS. Lewis. A Christian apologetic.
this really made me cry and realise that the quote "all good things must come to an end" really hits me so deep in my heart😭
Yeah it does as a matter of fact when you read all these books in chronological order you will either cry from sadness or joy in the process because of its Majestic Beauty
14:32 as you narrates this i started crying. I quickly recognized it from the last passages on the last chapter of The Last Battle.
"The dream is ended: this is the morning." I never read any fantasy book that ended like that. Rather than closed the door of history, it gives off hope and optimism that one day--when each of our time has ended--we will meet again in His land.
That is why Narnia is different.
Thank you for this video, its a blessing!
I'm sure Aslan's Country is as beautiful as Valinor is
We can go there too, we can go to our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ the Savior
"Further up! Further in!!" The end chapter has so much hope packed inside. Thank you for another great video! Very informative, well done!
You said it!
That twist at the end about the train…gets me every time
@@eileensnow6153 I hear ya.
I love how in The Magician's Nephew a tree from Narnia grew in our world but was knocked down in a storm. Kirke used the wood from the tree. To create a wardrobe.
You mean Digory Kirke right
@@nmoney6655 I got mixed with Cedric from Harry Potter XD
My mind was blown the first time I read that!!!!
Yes. That is where the wardrobe came from.
I'd love to hear more about Queen Swanwhite. Also, I'd love to hear more about the role of Stars in the Narnian Cosmology.
Probably my favorite line in all of the Chronicles comes from Ramandu.
"In our world, stars are big balls of flaming gas!"
"Even in YOUR world, that isn't what a star *is.* Only what it's *made of.*"
@@davidspring4003 Wow, that's a deep thought.
@@davidspring4003 Hm, that _is_ an interesting line. What do u think it’s implications are? Is it referring more to what stars can mean to us symbolically? Or something else?
@@MerkhVision well, in the book of Revelation, when Lucifer falls, he takes 1/3 of the stars with him
14:57 *goosebumps* 🤧
I started tearing up.
@@MCNinjaDJ I was crying 🤣
I'm just glad someone is finally doing lore for Narnia. So many other channels do lore for other series and I love those but glad someone is finally doing this series.
Aslan is still singing .. listen for Him! Great show!
The Chronicles of Narnia are and will forever be my favorite series of books, movies, and audio theater. I am an aspiring author and I think one of my biggest goals is to write a series that can similarly depict a world so wonderfully filled with such deep history, magic, and meaning. The Chronicles of Narnia mean a lot to me and if there was anyone in history I would want to meet they would be C.S. Lewis. His books are so good he himself seems like a fairytale. They are not only filled with rich detail that creates a world anyone would want to live in, they also have an underlying sort of moral or lesson that reminds us that every world has a beginning and an end. Everyone and everything has a purpose and a meaning. Aslan is not entirely mythical for he is the primary example that The Chronicles of Narnia are based on real-life lessons and principles.
It’s the hunger games for me but this will be my 3rd favorite book series after the Twilight saga
Aslan the Jesus Lion. We all love em
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I was watching a similar documentary on Hogwarts when it suddenly occured to me that maybe someone had invested in studying Narnia the same way. What a delight to find your channel. I look forward to more. What I like best is that we can see so many parallels with the natural word humans live in. We don't see ourselves as "heroes" in today's world but there is true evil and a true need for God's people to step into their place. Narnia gives us the language to tell our own stories. His story lived out through each of us.
C.S Lewis was such a good author. Love how he put his faith into almost everything He wrote.
I really really wish that they can make a film of the magician's nephew, I'd love to see the wood between the world's and Charn come to life on the big screen especially with current CGI technology, if it's done right that is
Yes! With the new Unreal Engine realtime video wall technology like the setup that was used in The Mandeolorian, this could be an incredible opportunity to do these books justice at a very cost effective scale.
@@IntotheWardrobe exactly, but not over done, too many movies have been ruined by excessive CGI, I've always loved the BBC series I hope they do it with that kind of passion but with the film CGI look, and none of that rubbish condensed story/mash up stuff they did in Treader, that movie could have been so so much better
I was in awe when i was reading it for the first time as a kid. My imagination was wild ❤️
The illustrations that accompany the information are wonderful. I had never seen most of them. I'm glad I found this.
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I've had a rough day, but you came along in my feed and opened the wardrobe for me. Let's step into Narnia!
I got the feeling from reading that the latter ages were longer, but that just shows how Narnia feels old by that point.
This was an amazingly detailed study of Barnian history. I have been a Narnian scholar for nearly 35 years and this has followed many nuggets of history that may have been missed within the series. One thing that has always been interesting is how no one ever enters Narnia the same way twice. Yes the Pevensies did through the Wardrobe but only at one time period.
Aslan did say things never happen the same way twice.
Lucy entered once by herself, the next accompanied by Edmund, and last with all siblings. So technically she did not re-enter the exact same way I’m guessing.
At the beginning, I forgot that Aslan sang the world into existence. Now, where have we heard that before?
But then, Lewis and Tolkien were the best of friends. In fact, Treebeard is supposed to BE Lewis. Or at least based on him.
Man, I wish God had sung the world into existence. Imagine how awesome it would be to be able to sing the song of creation. A song written by God. I know God doesn't make mistakes but this seems like a massive missed opportunity. I've just realized God's never used his pipes once yet as far as it is known.
So I've just started reading the series and my copy is in Lewis preferred order. I've ready through the Magicians Nephew and almost done with Lion Witch and the Wardrobe. The details that are similar between LOTR and Narnia is crazy. It's almost like they were challenged to write fantasy and had to include a select few details. Like having rings, dwarves, a figure evil incarnate from the dawn of time, set in a medieval time/culture, even the badies are associated with snow. It is interesting how they use those few details differently.
@@777LoveStory It's almost like Lewis just stole a bunch of ideas from Tolkien, a much better writer.
@@TorgoFraNorgo I kinda got the gist that it was more they had certain criteria to follow and they each did their own thing with those criteria. Much as you would in a writing class. One assignment and free reign. I mean, both their initial books cater to children. Both are fantasy. Both are heavily Christian in their theology. Both have rings but the rings figure differently in each. I kind want to boil down the commonalities and use it as a basis to write another story just to see if it works again.
@@knightofkorbin888well God spoke light into existence
This was really good. I hadn't heard of a lot of this stuff before. I like how so much lore and explanation is really hidden within certain pieces of dialogue in these books.
One day, we'll finally meet the Person which Aslan was based from, and we hope we hear Him say, *Well done, good and faithful servant.*
Hopefully he'll sing the New Heaven and New Earth into existence this time instead of speaking it. Hopefully, he'll finally sing.
One other cool concept I'd like to see explored: does Aslan's appearance change depending on who is looking at him! This sounds crazy but, when Shasta 'sees' Aslan the first time, he sees him as a cat. When the Pevensies return to Narnia in Prince Caspian, only Lucy can "see" him. And when the others begin to believe her, Aslan goes from being invisible to visible. Lastly, I think (not sure) Aslan's size changes as well depending on how much someone believes in him. I'd love to see a video exploring that phenomenon (if I'm right about it!). :)
You left out that when the party reaches the world's end in _Dawn Treader,_ he appears to them briefly as a lamb before transforming into a lion.
Aslan is an analogy of God. In fact, the first three books depict Aslan as God, the Father (a mentor and creator), God, the Son (being with the people, sacrificing himself, and then triumphing over death), then God, the Holy Spirit (seen by those who truly believe and have faith). In fact, Aslan's country is in fact the New Earth referenced in the Bible and The Last Battle is Lewis's interpretation of the last days, with a false prophet, and even an antiChrist type character).
In short, Aslan is the Christian God and appears as how God is often described as in the Bible.
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I like what you say but I will push back just a little, Aslan has a father, the Emperor Across the Sea. Aslan I thought was always supposed to represent Jesus alone.
Obviously this goes into how we perceive the Trinity, but I do like how you painted your picture.
Aslan appeared first as a lion to Shasta, only Shasta didn’t know it was Him. The “two” lions that gave chase to the two talking horses, forcing Shasta and Aravis (And Bre and Hwin) closer together at the beginning of their journey.
@@boogerandfriends I totally agree with you in that I believe that was CS Lewis' intention to have Asian be the God or father figure for those who do not subscribe to the Christian faith. I think that's why Aslan appears differently to each person. He takes the shape that will draw the attention of the person who needs Him. I like to think that God the Father would do the same thing or has in appearing as signs or various people throughout time.
You did such a wonderful job explaining the ages of Narnia. It reminded me of watching a PBS or Discovery Channel special. I also love how you ended the episode, reminding us that there’s something better after our current world ends. Thank you so much for creating this and including all of the beautiful artwork and pictures to give us a visual of what you’re describing. ☺️
Thank you so much for that. I stumbled across the video and being a fan of Narnia since I was a kid (55 now) I was entranced. I introduced my kids to Narnia on VHS in 90's. Incredible stories of an incredible land.
It's so hard to find beautiful art on Narnia! The lore is incredible too! I used to wonder about characters that were mentioned in the books, such as Swanwhite, Ram the Great and others.
Ever since a kid Narnia always had a special place in my heart it just has a charm that will never burn out
Brilliant! This video really helps improve my perspective of time within the books. It also makes me appreciate what the movies were trying to communicate like how many years have passed between TLWW and Prince Caspian
I think I’ve already commented, but I watch your videos multiple times because they are so amazing. But the way you put this one together is like a children’s bible. Fun, easy, to comprehend, and shows Aslan (Christ) throughout. I just LOVE your content!
YAAAAAAAAAAASS! I've wanted a video like this forever! Thank you 😊
The Narnian timeline literally has everything
I’m so happy when I saw this pop up! I love your videos! By the Lion, these are wonderful! Keep up the good work!
I love Narnia! I always imagine myself as a Centaur in that realm.
This was great. Outstanding narration. Really Enjoying your work.
This channel is amazing! Every video feels like a small documentary. These history lore videos are incredible. More frequent videos are definitely the way to go.
I think you should explore the world lore (maybe one video about the wardrobe itself - would make a lot of sense for the channel name ahaha :) and first books that are more popular as much as possible to bring more people to your channel (old and new fans) and then move on to analysis that center around the later tones of the last books. I’d honestly also love for you to have a series/playlist and video on the life of each main (especially Pevensie children first) or relevant secondary character as like a biography and what their meaning was to the series. I love your videos so much!
I want to say thank you. It was an amazing video, especially at the ending about someday being able to enter Aslans country.
All the insights in the comments makes me fall in love with the story even more
Wonderful high fly-over of the chronology of Narnia. Makes me want to explore so much that's in between the stories of the canon.
The Last Battle... my absolute favorite.. but any of the tales are able to transport into the reality of THE Kingdom. I’m drawn deep into wonder by Narnia💖
This was great, i have been trying to figure out Narnia's timeline for awhile so this was extremely helpful.
Yeah boi stay grinding, daddy knows
“It was always winter but never Christmas” lmao found that line pretty funny. Anyways great video!!
An absolutely beautiful history lesson! 🙏🏾
Narnia is one of my favourite fantasy worlds but I'm afraid its underappreciated compared to Lord of Rings, Harry Potter, and Percy Jackson.
Fascinating! Love the Narnia lore. When I first saw the title of the video, I did indeed assume that each age was tied to one of the books. I don't think I had ever heard of the Seven Ages of Narnia but each age had a familiar ring to it. Thanks for enlightening me.
Interesting and twisted meaning of interpretation of the Dark Ages of Narnia (black have meany symbolism between void but also serenity too) I love timelines ❤👍
I adored this! I didn't know lots of this, and didn't know about the fan-decided names for these ages. Thanks for making this!
Thanks for the encouragement! So glad you enjoyed it. Stay tuned for a deeper dive next week!
I began my re-read of the series not too long ago and was pleasantly surprised when this channel was suggested! Glad this type of content exists for such a large part of my childhood
I love these books, but Jewel's explanation of the name "the dark age" being that things were so peaceful and prosperous that nothing interesting happened makes no sense at all. If nothing bad happened, surely that means record keeping is at it's most efficient, thus not dark at all - at least as we use the term.
And stuff still happens, life always happens, with all these diverse species living together, the Chronicler wouldn't just be: "Another year of partying and fun. Telmar's pretty chill, not too nationalistic. Archenland's super chill, just crowned Cor 199th! The Islands are all chilling. Seems like all the giants are now gentle, they invite our citizens for feasts and they never want to come back! And even silly Tashban hasn't been getting in our face about anything for 1000 years! Haha, what's going on? History is a big haze dude! More Wine Bachus!"
heh, good video though.
*(EDIT:* I renounce this nitpick, explained 6 posts down.)
It is so sad C. S. Lewis could not have lived long enough to record every year of Narnian history for us, but as Jill and Digory once discussed no one would have to be made to learn it.
@@soloflight75 Heh, maybe that's where Jewel was coming from, it's a "dark age" cause no one bothers to read about it. Course, being fond of his frenemy Tolkien's work, I don't mind a lot of fictional history - but I respect that wasn't Lewis's style: keeping it relevant and accessible.
@@MagusMarquillin I agree. I much prefer the upbeat work of Lewis. War was a part of life in Narnia but it never seemed to be the point of the stories. It seems the Narnian wars were in the stories to make the struggles real. Without the struggle what would be the point of the stories? Nothing screams urgency like a war.
Now if we can just keep Putin from using the deplorable word we can get back to dancing with the fawns.
Just speculation but could it be possible that during the dark age, the people became so complacent they didn't bother to record it's history? I see it in our young people today - an apathy that comes from never knowing hardship like the generations before them.
@@janellmichael2166 Yeah, I think that's what is being suggested here, and, apathy or not, we certainly don't live in a golden age today - even if some hardship has lessened - nor one where history has stopped. So the apathy would have to be systemic across Narnia, technically an Empire, which usually implies meddling to say the least. So, a successfully isolationist Empire for a one *thousand* years - something hard to imagine, in our would at least.
Oh my word, i didn't think was going to end like that but amazing wrap+up. The Magician's Nephew will forever be one of the most precious experiences to me, it makes everything worth when Aslan says "This is the true Narnia." You've made so much sense of this time line, I never could've put it together myself, thanks so much 🫶🏻
So happy to find a Narnia lore channel. It was one of my favorite things to read.
This timeline sounded like the history of the Bible!!! This is so coool!!! Thank you for your channel!!! Keep it up!!!
I just finished the book series recently and this video is very good explanation of marinas time line C.S. Lewis is simply genius
I actually really enjoyed this. I'm reading the books for the first time so please make more Narnia stuff
I always enjoy watching these videos, especially the longer ones! Keep up the good work!
Your presentation in every video feels like all of the good parts of Disney
this series will always have a special place in my heart i grew up with is series and i still love it
Just pulled my books out from childhood, can’t wait to reread them ❤❤
it is a great privilege to say that I'm able to access the beautiful inspiration for the setting of Narnia from my back door. when you enter the Morne Mountains in N. Ireland you truly feel like you have entered a different world.
Oh my goodness! I've visited southern Ireland but didn't get a chance to make it up north. I can't imagine how beautiful it must be!
I enjoyed learning more about the Dark age of Narnia; thanks for sharing!
Awhile back, you mentioned you would be going through the themes of the islands explored/discovered during “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” but we haven’t yet heard it. Might this be the subject of the next video?
I still hear Peter’s battle cry to this day For Narnia!
I absolutely love your videos!!! Can you do one about Archenland?
Once a King or Queen of Narnia always a King and Queen of Narnia
I just started reading the entire series a few weeks ago with my kids. We are going in order through all of the books. And when we finish a book that has a movie, we will watch the movie and see what parts from the book are in there and what is different. My son was so bummed when he realized there was no movie for the Magicians' Nephew. One of our favorite parts from that story was of course Asland singing Narnia into existence. Such beautiful imagery. But we all laughed and laughed when the animals put the Magician in the dirt to "plant him." We laughed so hard at that. I think a movie with that story would be absolutely amazing! We are about to go into the third book "The Horse and His Boy." What's cool is I don't even know anything about the stories outside the movies (except for the LWW one). And I find myself even more excited than my kids to find out what's going to happen next. I'm 43, but I've always loved LWW since I was probably 5 years old! And as others have commented, I truly love the parallel between the Bible and these stories. So awesome!
New fan to your channel I love all your videos literally watched them in a day ❤️ I appreciate you capturing my childhood and going more into depth
Fantastic! Welcome and thanks for watching!
I don't know why this is in my recommended but thank you for taking me back to my childhood for 15 minutes!
Absolutely wonderful video. Thank you so much for these.
When Lewis left us on a cliffhanger a was real excited for a part 2. But sadly we never got one
Happy Saturday!!! 🦁
Same to you
Teared up during the last line of the video.
I wonder if George R.R. Martin’s concept of The Others (or White Walkers) in his series A Song of Ice and Fire was inspired by The White Witch? 🤔
Great video! I definitely would like to hear more about the Lone Islands and the other places close to Narnia. A video about Father Time would also be cool.
Yes. Father Time and maybe even the realm of Bism, where precious jewels grow fresh like flowers.
As a Christian narnia is such a perfect work of literature
I'm 42 and am going through the Narnia books for the first time. I really struggle with reading fiction and getting into "story grip." I hope this channel can help me follow the plot of the series and each book individually.
It may be too late but I really recommend you read in the original published order, starting with LWW. Hope you enjoy!
Well done sir. I'm always happy to see a new video.
It never stops breaking my heart that the Pevencie children just left Narnia and all their friends were missing them and died and 1300 years have passed and….it’s just not fair
Now THIS is a channel I can get behind
Aslan Aka God is literally perfection
Aslan is supposed to be Jesus. The Emperor across the sea is the representation of Father God.
Now this is what I come to youtube for
Loving this channel. I always loved this story and it is way more in depth thanks to you
the chronicles of narnia best children stories ever written as a grown up i still read them
I thought Narnia had a shocking short time length. I wish it had lasted longer.
It is explained why this is in the last book.
You need way more subscribers. Great content!
How could I not find this channel before?! OMG i loved the video and appreciate all the work you had! ❤
Love these videos!
Huge fan of the movies and would love to read the books when i can afford to get the series.
And so rises the question - how much of this would've happened (in particular the white witch/empress jadis) is one little boy (Andrew the so called scholar and magician) hadn't broken his death-bed promise to his godmother - you'd think that if someone who may have been one of the last fairies in England tells you, in no uncertain terms, to destroy something and even gives you the instructions on how to destroy it than it would be a clear sign that it needs to be destroyed.
Wow, this is the first video I’ve watched from this channel. I immediately subscribed!
I know this isn't crazy in-depth but I've never learnt this much Narnia lore
Hi! I'm an new subscriber of your channel. Thank you for your hardwork on posting these videos. Love it very much!
Out there many channels dedicated to similar series like LOTR and Harry Potter but not Narnia. It feels soooo good to see there are many people that still care about Narnia and waiting for the Netflix adaptations. Hope they will announce something asap so the current generation will be familiar to Narnia and help this channel grow as well!
Once again thank you for your dedication with this video. Love from Indonesia😍🤩
I might be wrong but I believe I read somewhere that according to the author,Aslan is "Jesus" & that his country is "Heaven" which makes a lot of sense at the end of this video since it is eternal.
This was amazing I love Narnia it’s fantastic I love this I remember watching the films when I was a kid
Could you make a video about the professor? i'm always intrigued by that character in the film.for someone who have trouble reading books,your video really helped me alot. Thanks
You got 1300 more subscribers over the past few days good job 😁👍
Thank you for so much for this channel.