The Hidden Meaning of Names in Narnia Explained | Narnian Lore | Into the Wardrobe

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 😂

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 😍

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.

I love how he did the alter call at the end!❤

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.

Also: In Danish and Norwegian, Kirke means church :)

This is an excellent video. I would love for you to do a future video on Emeth and discuss more about the character.

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!

Can you do next The Life and Death of Eustace Scrubb?

As A Fellow C.S. lewis Fan and Youtuber! 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! :)

You know what you should do. You should do a breakdown of each book explaining what happened from beginning to end.

Fun fact, in the Middle Ages Lucy (or Lucia) was the patron saint of light. Which is quite fitting for Lucy Pevensee 😄

I love researching names and their meanings! It's so much fun!