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
Journey into Narnia: Creating The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the DVD edition of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" or in online previews of "Prince Caspian". After standing and watching for approximately 10 to 15 minutes, the audience exited through a hallway that was decorated with several costumes from the film. This attraction closed permanently on January 2, 2008 so it could be converted into the new attraction, "", which officially opened on June 27, 2008. It is scheduled to remain until the third film in the series, "Journey into Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader", is released in May 2010. It has since been replaced by "The