The Chronicles of Narnia of the individual stories" and "obscures the literary structures as a whole". Peter Schakel devotes an entire chapter to this topic in his book "Imagination and the Arts in C. S. Lewis: Journeying to Narnia and Other Worlds", and in "Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia" he writes: Aslan, the Great Lion, is the eponymous lion of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books. He is also the only character to appear in all seven books. Aslan is a talking lion, the King of Beasts, son of
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion Ivan". The Valþjófsstaður door in Iceland, c. 1200, depicts a version of the "Yvain" story with a carving of a knight slaying a dragon that threatens a lion; the lion is later shown wearing a rich collar and following the knight, and later still the lion appears to be lying on the grave of the knight. (includes "Yvain") Yvain, the Knight of the Lion Yvain, the Knight of the Lion () is an Arthurian romance by French poet Chrétien de Troyes. It was written c. 1180 simultaneously with "Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart", and includes several references to the