The Hidden Meaning of Names in Narnia Explained | Narnian Lore | Into the Wardrobe
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Character names in Narnia are embedded with deep significance, from famous characters like Reepicheep, Lucy Pevensis, Peter Pevensie, Aslan, Jadis, and Tumnus--to more obscure characters like Roonwit, Emeth, Trufflehunter, and even Bulguy Bear, there is so much more to these names than you may have realized! - Zábava
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My. Mind. Is. Blown! I knew what Aslan and Peter meant, but the rest I did not know! That's just amazing! And here I thought I couldn't appreciate Lewis any more than I already did. I guess I was wrong 😂
Hi Kal, it seems like you’re everywhere! Hope nation, Babylon bee, here!
@@H.L.Creations 🤣 I do comment a lot 😅
But all over the place though!
@@H.L.Creations Yeah.....🤣
One of my favorites lines in the series was: "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.". Obviously Lewis did indeed take his names thoughtfully and seriously.
Great stuff. A lot of dynamics with Eustace and his family are directly ported over from Lewis' essays "Men Without Chests" and "The Abolition of Man."
@@pittland44 Thanks for the insight. I will check those out.
Yes, I love that, especially when you contrast it with the nice, plain, vanilla opening of the LW&W.
@@pittland44 his parents called him Eustace Clarence and his masters called him Scrubb
He probably wondered his whole life what he did to deserve the name Clive Staples…it is no wonder he vastly preferred Jack, and cared a lot about names.
I think it would be awesome if C.S. Lewis actually named Caspian because of the Caspian sea, because Caspian loves sea so much and it would make sence since he resumed seafaring in Narnia. Great video as always by the way :D
My favorite is still Emeth, which is derived from the word Amet, and where we get the name Emmitt, as in Emmitt Smith, the all time leading running back in the NFL. Now Amet, which means truth (and also the root of the word Amen), is made up of three letters in Hebrew: Alef, Mem and Tav. What's cool about those is that they are the first, middle and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. So the truth is the whole story, from beginning to end. Also all three letters sit flat on the page, the truth is firmly rooted and steady, it doesn't shift. Now there's something very funny with the word Amet, if you take out the alef, it becomes the word met, which means dead, which is also interesting because met is very similar to the word mort, which is the Latin root for the word death and where we get such words as mortality. Now that's interesting because in Hebrew alef is always associated with G-d, so what happens is if you take G-d out of the story, there is no truth, only death.
Wow! That's really amazing!
Oh, I just love this... Isn't God's Word simply amazing? We can never come to the end of searching for His hidden truths (the "sod" level of Biblical study) encoded in the very letters of His inspired Word! The very shapes and meanings of the letters are full of deep insight, not to mention their numerical values and what they tell us. Praise be to God the King of the Universe, who has given us the precious gift of His unmatched, inspired Word!!!
This is beautiful! Thank you for taking the time to share!
I love how he did the alter call at the end!❤
Plus, I think Shasta is a reference to Castor from Greek mythology. Why? Because Pollux and Castor in Greek mythology were twins, with Pollux being a boxer and Castor being a great horseman. Similarly, Corin became a boxer, and Shasta (later Cor) became a horseman.
Wow - that's cool!
Plus, I think Edmund is a reference to Edmund from "King Lear." Why? Because both Edmunds were younger brothers who betrayed their older brothers, but both eventually felt remorse.
Love this!
Well it makes sense because Lewis was a literary man just as Tolkien was. It's interesting going back and rereading The Magician's Nephew because Lewis draws liberally from Tolkien's Ainulindale, Valaquenta and the early chapters of Quenta Silmarillion when working on his own creation story. Part of why no one realized it was because Lewis is a capable enough writer to rework some things to make them distinct from what Tolkien wrote, but the other part is the Magician's Nephew appeared years before the Silmarillion was published, and people didn't have much of an idea of Tolkiens stories of the Elder Days of Middle Earth.
That's really interesting! I may have to incorporate this in a future video. Thank you!
Yes, we have to remember that the inklings discussed the same ideas over and over again. Even if they hadn’t read each others work (which they did) they would have shared ideas expressed differently.
Also, don’t forget the significance of the name Pevensie: they’re named for Pevensey, the village in East Sussex where William the Conqueror landed in 1066. Just like William, the Pevensies entered a new land and claimed the throne, changing the course of history of the land and the world forever.
A couple of notes about pronunciation: according to Douglas Gresham, Jadis is pronounced “JAH-dis”, Calormen/Calormene is “cuh-LOR-men” (derived from the Spanish word calor, because it’s a hot country), and the first syllable of Emeth is pronounced like the letter M.
Yes! I mentioned the Pevensey name in my video on Narnia's secret timeline. I left out quite a few other meaningful names here in the interest of time. Maybe there should be a part 2? :-)
i appreciate how you use your knowledge of Narnia to draw our minds to Jesus Christ. As much as i love the books of Narnia, I love the story of Jesus Christ so much more. The Bible is indeed my favorite book.
Every time you post a video, I jump for joy.
It is interesting to discover how meticulous and attentive C.S. was. Lewis, in choosing the names of all the characters in the Narnia saga.
As always you did a superb, and masterful job.
See you soon. 😍
This is an excellent video. I would love for you to do a future video on Emeth and discuss more about the character.
Glad to see you back!
Thanks! I try to publish once a month!
Also: In Danish and Norwegian, Kirke means church :)
Gaelic as well.
Yes! I just couldn't see how that might connect with the character in the same way. I think as a lover of mythology, Lewis was aware of the doublet and his intention was to hint at the Circe connection. The coincidence is just too great!
same in german
Scottish kirk
I love researching names and their meanings! It's so much fun!
This is so cool! My mind is very blown away by this wonderful explanation of the names of each Narnian characters. Some of the names I already knew by different books that explain the Narnian lore. This video sheds new light on other names too, that even I didn't know. As just as I got Narnia all figured out, new information comes in, shedding light on the whole lore. 😊🦁👑
Have you read the book "Planet Narnia"? I would love a series of videos on each of the planets and how they relate to each book!
Fun fact, in the Middle Ages Lucy (or Lucia) was the patron saint of light. Which is quite fitting for Lucy Pevensee 😄
Can you do next The Life and Death of Eustace Scrubb?
You know what you should do. You should do a breakdown of each book explaining what happened from beginning to end.
to keep a long story short, I cannot have children of my own but I have guiltily had baby names that I favored and ever since I read the chronicles of narnia as a kid I knew I had always wanted to name a daughter of mine Lucy, it is such a beautiful name and your description in this video only adds to the list of reasons I give when I say why I would pick that name. names are truly so unique and powerful and thank you for the insightful video on other character names from the books! I love how well you research and produce your videos, I always get so excited to see an upload.
on another note; my best friend lives in Louisville and I haven’t been able to see her since before the pandemic so perhaps I will have to see if she is free that weekend I could make the trip a double feature! I just started my first year of college and would love to learn more about the Boyce campus :)
Here's hoping you adopt or foster one day! 🎉
It's a wonderful name! If you make the trip for Preview Day, please let me know! I plan on joining the campus tours that day!
Can you do a video On Shasta from The Horse and his Boy. About his life and how he found out he was a prince, that would be fantastic! I love your channel ive been obsessed with Narnia since i was a kid😊😊😊
Yes, it's coming soon! Thanks for asking!
As A Fellow C.S. lewis Fan and CZcamsr! I just love your Videos! Keep it up! I do a lot of Tolkien content on my channel best friend to C.S. Lewis as we all know. I love How positive your videos are and how you share about the Lord in your videos! Keep it up! This name Subject was super cool! I only knew a few of these myself I learned a lot! :)
My brother lived in Istanbul for several years, and he told me that in Turkish translations, Aslan's name is Lyon.
I would LOVE to see your Midjourney Gallery
I played giant rumblebuffin in my school play so it was very interesting to learn the meaning behind that! I originally just enjoyed kicking polystyrene blocks that were meant to represent a wall into my headmasters face 😂
Oh man I love that you made a video about this!! I've always loved the charming names of Narnian characters so I can't wait to hear your analysis!
And I'm glad to know youre a fellow believer 😄
Thank you Stuart.
Although slightly speculative, thoroughly engrossing, well researched, and insightful.
Another winner with gorgeous artwork.
Definitely speculative! Thanks for watching and commenting as always!
Love this 🥰
Thanks for the ray of delight during a dull day...
And i hope you ll be making a lot more videos ❤
I love your videos, and love that the amazing world of Narnia is getting the attention it deserves! There are so many friends of Narnia on this page and am all for it
Fairly certain kirk also means church. Especially considering he was known as professor kirk in the first book published. This being similar to mother kirk in pilgrims regress. Lewis likes to reference the church when he has old wise characters.
Yes, and it seems to me that the church reference was a much stronger connection in Pilgrims Regress. I can't see why "church" would reflect any particular meaning to Digory's character. Of course, Lewis didn't have MN in mind when he wrote LWW, so the name meaning may be a bit of a retcon. However, it also may have helped serve as inspiration for the use of rings as a plot device as well.
@IntotheWardrobe It reminds me of lewis's word play in paralandra With Ransom and meleldil saying "I was also called Ransom." A fortuitous bit of providence that had meaning beyond what the name originally meant to imply.
Kirke is a Scottish word for church
Wow! Great video❤ I really enjoyed all the meanings of the names and had no idea about some of them. Thank you so much for what you do fellow Narnian🦁
Names are always important, it doesn't matter if you feature a made up language, or borrow from existing ones, all names do have meanings, and, in antiquity, such names were not given at random, they used to highlight how such individual should aspire to be.
Awesome job! I knew the meanings of some of theme because I got curious one day, but the others where absolutely blind blowing. I love it when the characters have meaningful names.
That was a beautiful and powerful testimony! Thank you so much! It is criminal that you don't have more than 100k subs still. Really, you should have 300k by now. I notice that unless I search for you, even though I have re-watched all your videos more than once, liked them all and have the bell rung, CZcams never informed me that your videos come out. I have to search them. I feel like the algorithm may be working against you.
Thank you for enforcing good causes and boldly spreading the good word. God bless
I wonder if the four Pevency siblings represent faith, hope and love. Lucy being hope, Susanne being love and Edmund being struggling in his faith but then finds it. And the Peter inbubbeis all of it an therefore is Gods (Aslans) nearest servent.
There's definitely power in names. Great job as always, Stuart!
One of your most amazing videos!! Love it!!
Glad you liked it. If you think this was cool just wait for the next video. There's a new name meaning revealed that I believe has never been discovered before.
Stunning video like always and mind blowing too!
Keep the good work dear friend!!
And make more videos, I love them all.
Loved this!! So amazing
Thank you , I so enjoy these insights.
Wonderful content! Thanks a lot!
Very well done. Thank you!
the transition into patreon shoutouts was the smoothest i’ve ever seen 👍🏻😂 thanks for a great narnia channel!
Lol thanks!
great video! love the artwork!
Thanks, friend!
Wow, I had no idea. The Cor and Corin meanings are so spot on.
Awesomely made video.
Plus, Polly is later called "Aunt Polly" in her old age. A possible reference to Tom Sawyer's aunt Polly.
Your artwork is astounding.
Love your videos! :D
Proverbs 22:1 - “A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.”
Absolutely! Also, the name is not just what you are called - it is your character, and your family lineage. If a person falls short and dishonours his name, he is not just bringing shame on himself, but on his father as well.
I do hope that Netflix does not ruin the story of Narnia with the new movies coming out. Netflix has a habit of sneaking stuff into movies and shows which would not be pleasing to God.
Amen to that! However entertaining the Narnia films may be, nothing trumps reading the books, in my opinion.
Great video. I like the names they use in Narnia.
Thank you soo much for this, video was very needed in the winter of my life. I need a Lucy and a new name to begin a change.
So glad it was encouraging. Praying for you, friend!
Yes but I was so impressed when Witch. Lion and Wardrobe was released I could see the Christian theme but historical connection I could see it also. My dad always thought I should've been a history teacher. I do recall I presented this idea before my priest and other parishoner when we were critiquing the film positively. He marvelled at the idea that did make sense to him particularly with the Edmond position.
3:00 You can see on the Turkish cover and page that Jadis is not how one writes "witch" in Turkish.
in scotland kirke means church
Just when I think I know all about Narnia you make a new video. :0)
Interesting!
So lovely to have found your channel. Thank you so much for this great video which has taught me a great deal that I was not aware of. I have loved Narnia since I was 9 years old, and I am now 70. My name means Lily too - the Hebrew word (and name) is Shoshannah. It also implies beauty because Jesus said in Luke 12:27: "Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." This verse has been very precious to me for many years. My name is also a reminder not to strive and worry, but to rest in Jesus who supplies all my needs and gives me peace. "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:6-7).
I have long been fascinated by the meanings of names, particularly in the Bible. Did you know that the names of the pre-Flood patriarchs from Adam to Noah (the names are transliterated in our English Bibles but not translated) spells the Gospel message?
Adam = man
Seth = appointed
Enosh - mortal
Cainan = sorrow
Mahalalel = the blessed God
Jared = shall come down
Enoch = teaching
Methuselah = his death shall bring
Lamech = despairing
Noah = comfort, rest
"Man is appointed mortal sorrow, but the blessed God shall come down, teaching that His death shall bring the despairing comfort and rest."
This would not work if the names were in any other order. God has encoded many other amazing truths and secrets in His inerrant, inspired Word.
Jesus (Yeshua) means "The Lord saves." This makes sense of the words spoken by the angel Gabriel to Joseph when he was worried about taking Mary as his wife when he discovered she was pregnant: "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matt. 1:21).
It is well worth the effort to study the meanings of the Hebrew names in the Bible which give us so many more insights.
Some people believe that a name defines you and determines what kind of person you'll become. It's obvious that C.S. Lewis believed in this philosophy wholeheartedly!
This is a proven Biblical principle. Nobody in the Bible is named accidentally. All have deep meaning.
Damn. The fact that “Digory” means “lost” makes the story of another fictional “Diggory” even more sad😢😢😢 #iykyk
My name is James Nathan and I love it. I just wish my mom had the Bible in mind when she gave me the name.
What about Prince Caspien, Ramandu and his daughter, Prince Rilian, Eustace Scrubb, Jill Pole, King Tirian, The green lady of the Green Kirtle and the rest of the seven lords? Do their names have a meaning?
Im assuming they do, but I couldn't find them in the amount of time I had for research. Let me know if you discover anything!
Where do you get this art? I need them all 😊
My alma mater has a similar credo to Boyce; APU’s motto is “GOD First”
May I ask who did the artwork - paintings?
I was not expecting a local college ad. Are you from Louisville?
Yep!
Why do I always end up crying with your videos???🥹😍
Tash referring to stone makes me think of the Blackstone in the Kaba that Muslims try to kiss and touch whenever they make the Hodge to Mecca. Some say that that civilization was heavily based off of Ottoman, Persian, and/or Indian cultures.
What about the significance of the royal titles they receive?
That would be great to cover!
Fenris Ulf. American name for Jadis's secret police chief.
Hi Iam new to narnia and really like your videos but i cant get one answer. i watched the narnia films and it was great but rather confusing. All of narnia is confusing on how there is are universes and earths and aslans said to be jesus christ. i mean its really confusing . Can you make a video on revealing the entire course of narnia from its beginning to its end? and aslans country seems rather confusing too! Besides I love your videos. Keep it up!
Do read the books as well as watching the films. Books are always better than films lol!
Woah where did all these Art of these characters come from?
Glad you like it! It's the most time consuming part of the production process. All the art was created for this channel using various digital tools like Photoshop and MidJourney.
I knew about Aslan, Tash and Tarkaan being Turkish. Have been trying to confirm Jadis, but Google Translate doesn't seem to agree. Kirke (as in Digory) also means "church" (CSL also has a "Mother Kirke" in the Pilgrim's Regress). Pevensey is a place in the UK famous for being where the Norman conquerors landed. As for Eustace Clarence Scrubb: "Good standing", "clarity" and "cleansing" - a reference to his encounter with Aslan, perhaps?
Yes, I mentioned the Pevensey connection in my video on the secret timeline of Narnia! I should have mentioned it here too! Thanks for pointing it out!
Witch means ''Cadı'' in Turkish. Cadı and Jadis are similar.
Prayers for our pastor and his family: his wife lost her battle with cancer and went to be with Jesus last night. Praise she is no longer suffering.
From my childhood I learned that names has got really special values. Because for example of the Saints. As I grow I was confirmed this belief . But I always feel that my name even is nice maybe and has very good meaning (Anna means grace ) can have many interpretations.Lots of them are bad. And in my life things always going wrong. My parents even I grow up treat me as I was unwelcome thing who they had to kept and now I became their prisoner forever. But I always love name Lucy and when I discovered the world of Narnia and Lucy Pevensie I fall in love with her immediately ! Thanks to her character I love the name Lucy even more,investigated more of Saints Lucia(they actually really young and brave women) and choose it(finally ) as my second (unfortunately ,why not first!!!) name on my Confirmation Sacrament. Unluckilly nobody exept my older sister sometimes and my guinea pig Surprise nobody cares about it.😭😔💔
God loves you no matter what! Is everything ok at home?
No. I used to it. Luckily after years of dreaming , praying , waiting,begging, and helping the acquaintance of my mother, my parents agreed to travel to the Tatras (Polish mountains) for a week. So maybe it changed something although a bit for the better. I hope. But you are right Lord overwatch me. And I really appreciate it! May also Bless You! Thank you so much for your integrity
@@ucjaromanczyk5623 I'll be praying for you my friend. You have a beautiful purpose and you are so dearly loved by God!! 💞💟💖 He takes all our troubles and uses them to make something beautiful, like Romans 8:28 says. Trust Him. Lean on Him. His love is something you can always depend on!
@@emmielaine7352 Thank you🥰😍😘😄🤝🙏
@@ucjaromanczyk5623 Praise God!! I'm glad He was able to use me to help you 🌻
I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the name "Pevensie". The name's actual meaning is a minor point compared to the place which they get their name. Pevensey is the place where William the Conqueror landed during the Norman Invasion, which would forever change England, and link the histories of England and France irreparably. I can't be sure what the full symbolism was, but there you go.
Yes, I actually discuss this in my video on the hidden timeline of Narnia. I do think it's relevant as signifying the arrival of new "conquerors", i.e. the Pevensies as the kings and queens of Narnia. TBH I just ran out of time to include many other significant names!
@@IntotheWardrobe , understandable. Thank you for your time.
I am a Turk and I thought Aslan's name was lion until I watched the movies :D
Much like Lewis, JK Rowling carefully crafted the names of her characters…..brilliantly done.
Thanks for the note! Rowling has said that Narnia was one of her inspirations. I actually wondered if there was a connection between Digory Kirke and Cedric Digory but was unable to find any substantive evidence.
@@IntotheWardrobe. I’ve often thought Rowling was inspired by both Tolkien and Lewis. Once you get to the end of the final book, the Christian allegory is obvious in the HP series. We should have realized from the beginning….as the students departed from King’s Cross. She could have chosen any other London trail station, but she chose that.
And then…there is Harry’s sacrifice for the wizard world, AND resurrection. Once his sacrifice was done, Voldy couldn’t truly harm the rest of the his friends.
As for Diggory, I never saw any connection other than the name. Cedric was a good and loyal and trustworthy person, but had no connection to Digory Kirk.
The backdrop of the Pevensey Children was World War II and the Nazi. The four children represented the politics of the time that were at odds until united. lucy was Churchill who first revealed about what she has seen yet doubts by Nevell Chamberlain which Susan used logic and reluctant no to react, Peter was the American position to not to get involved with Europe, Edmond was an oddity of the times when some royals had actually lured into the fascination of early Nazi why Edmond was easily snared into the facade of Jadis but took all sides to unite against an evil and war once recognized. Yet God made many things possible in Lewis' Children stories.
Very interesting theory! I've never heard this one. Did you come up with it or do you have a source? Thanks for posting.
I've missed a ton of your content stupid CZcams was not sending me notifications.
Glad you found it again!
This is interesting. I knew about Aslan meaning "lion" in Turkish and Tash meaning "Stone" in Turkish. I kind of knew about Shift being a shifty character and Puzzle being perplexed and puzzled.
I didn't know about "Miraz" meaning "Inheritance". It actually makes sense, given his motivation of wanting to have the throne for himself (he actually reminds me of Scar from The Lion King).
I knew about "Rishda" meaning charmer, but never realized there was deeper meaning. He unintentionally called on Tash (doesn't believe in him). I knew about Emeth (who is my favorite character in the series) meaning "faithful and true" in Hebrew. What a contrast between the two Calormenes: one who doesn't believe in Tash and another who is a devoted follower!
Interesting. I always thought the Narnian names were just made up.
Thanks for lift up the name of JESUS!
Amen!!!
Lucy..Light…Lucifer..light bringer…hmmm.
Yep, they both derive from the same latin root word for light. The difference is Lucifer did not live up to his title, becoming a harbinger of darkness instead of light.
@@IntotheWardrobe Lucifer was the "light-bearer" rather than the generator of light. His light was reflected only. The true light is Christ (John 1:6-9): "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world." Satan also appears as an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:13-14): "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light." Satan is the great deceiver, the liar from the beginning.
Hi I only wonder why Aslan permit the suffering of Narnians from 1998-2303- that’s generations! Generations who never knew how Narnia was and will never know how Narnia will be. So so sad
Great question! Check out Lewis' book "The Problem of Pain" for more on this. I may try to make an episode that addresses this as well. Thanks for posting!
Are these images AI generated?
Absolutely not. He does his own original artwork.
Every piece is digital, and II often use AI elements and then adapt them with other digital tools. Sometimes I use AI elements that don't need adapting. Each piece takes about an hour of work to be "video ready." My main tools are MidJourney and Photoshop!
@@IntotheWardrobe Thanks for the explanation. I honestly don't see much wrong with artist using AI. It's a new age, we use the tools we have at hand.
@@chowyee5049 I agree, as long a the AI is not violating the original artists' copyright, which I understand is pretty rampant in the technology.
How ironic, the meaning of taş, “stone, rock” in Turkish overlaps with the meaning of pétros, “stone, rock” in Greek.
So, the "meanings" of the names Tash and Peter are conveniently retrofitted to match the character.