The Magician’s Nephew is a Supposal of the Creation Myth in the Old Testament, but a few incongruencies exist.
In the Magician’s Nephew, Aslan the Lion’s role shifts from that of a Christ-figure to that of the Old Testament God. The book is the story of how Narnia was created. From nothingness, Aslan created light. (Lewis 100). The story follows very closely with the Old testament version of the creation myth. Aslan creates a firmament between heaven and earth, then light is created. Water runs through the land, and soon trees and grass are growing, next animals are there, and lastly some of the animals are given the gift of speech. A few incongruence exist, however. The children, the cabby, and the witch all exist before the beginning of Aslan’s world. They are there in the nothingness. Man was created last in the bible, and created in God’s image. Man in Narnia is not created in the image of Aslan.
The most vitally different part of the Narnia creation story is......
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