The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe popular English folklore. There are several parallels between the White Witch and the immortal white queen, Ayesha, of H. Rider Haggard's "She", a novel greatly admired by C. S. Lewis. "The Story of the Amulet" written by Edith Nesbit also contains scenes that can be considered precursors to sequences presenting Jadis, particularly in "The Magician's Nephew". Nesbit's short story "The Aunt and Amabel" includes the motif of a girl entering a wardrobe to gain access to a magical place. The freeing of Aslan's body from the stone table by field mice is reminiscent of Aesop's fable of "The Lion and
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial) having only entered Narnia at the dawn of time. The deeper magic states that when a willing victim who has committed no crime offers his life in place of a traitor, the Stone Table will crack, reversing death. Aslan brings the girls to the Witch's castle where he restores all the stone victims of the Witch, including Mr. Tumnus. Meanwhile, the battle is in full swing with the Witch having turned many of Aslan's army into stone. Edmund destroys her wand, but is wounded in the process. Aslan arrives with those he saved at the Witch's castle. He roars so