The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe a strictly Christian story, he did admit that it could help young children accept Christianity into their lives when they were older. After the children enter the world of Narnia through the wardrobe, Edmund finds himself in trouble under service of the White Witch, as she tempts him with Turkish Delights. When Edmund is threatened to be killed, Aslan offers to sacrifice himself instead. Aslan is shaved of his fur, and stabbed on an altar of stone. This is similar to how Jesus was publicly beaten, humiliated, and crucified. After his sacrifice, Aslan is later reborn, and continues to help
White Witch White Witch Jadis is the main antagonist of "The Magician's Nephew" and of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in C. S. Lewis's series, "The Chronicles of Narnia". She is commonly referred to as the White Witch in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", as she is the Witch who froze Narnia in the Hundred Years Winter. Some recent editions of the books include brief notes, added by later editors, that describe the cast of characters. As Lewis scholar Peter Schakel points out, the description there of Jadis and the Queen of Underland (the main antagonist of "The