Little sibs, take heart: Lucy may be the youngest of the four children in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but in many ways she's the most important. After all, she's the first one to set foo...

Bully For YouEdmund, younger brother to Peter and Susan and older brother to Lucy, starts out as—oh, how shall we put this?—a totally despicable jerk. In the beginning of The Lion, the Witch, a...

Leader Of The PackPeter is the oldest of the four children who travel to Narnia in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. As the oldest, he is the natural leader, notable for his bravery and good...

The Mother FigureC.S. Lewis loves his gender roles. And, as the oldest girl among the four children in Narnia, Susan often takes on a motherly role. (For example, it's Susan who makes the practical...

Just Can't Wait To Be KingBefore Simba ever heard of "Hakuna Matata," before Scar was getting all Boy Scout and giving impromptu lectures on being prepared, and even before Mufasa was a twinkle in...

Snow QueenYou know the fusty old white = good, black = bad dichotomy that influences everything from Westworld to the color scheme at funerals and weddings? Yeah, the White Witch doesn't mess aroun...

Mr. Tumnus is a Faun—a creature that is human from the waist up and a goat from the waist down. We want to make one thing perfectly clear: as a faun, Mr. Tumnus is a peaceful woodland dweller, no...

Mr. and Mrs. Beaver are a pair of talking animals who meet and care for Peter, Susan, and Lucy (and Edmund, to the best of their ability). They're particularly notable for their virtue and domesti...

One of the points that gets repeated about the White Witch's power is that she has made it always winter in Narnia, but never Christmas. (Presumably because she hates fun, but maybe just because sh...

The Professor is a kind old man who owns the large house in the country that Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are sent when they're evacuated from Blitz-besieged London. The Professor's extremely log...