How Mr. Tumnus Nudged C.S. Lewis to Create Narnia
What pagan traditions vaguely prefigured in their myths and legends was brought to fruition in Christ.
It was Mr. Tumnus who created Narnia in C.S. Lewis; not C.S. Lewis who created Mr. Tumnus in Narnia.
C.S. Lewis was once asked if he had devised Chronicles of Narnia with a goal in mind (like writing a Gospel for kids), and he answered,
'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This pict…
