The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
-The White Witch's demand for Aslan.
Aslan sacrifices himself in place of the White Witch's demand for Edmund's life. How we must remember Christ's sacrifice in ransom for our sins!
The Horse and His Boy
-Aslan's presence.
Aslan's involvment with Arsheesh's discovery of Shasta. Aslan's encounter with Bree and Shasta, respectively, in the desert. Events which remind me of Psalm 139.
-Rabadash's transformation.
Reminiscent of Nebuchadnezzar's transformation in Daniel 4. Reminds us to check our pride at the door, before we wreck ourselves.
To borrow a term I learned as a religious studies major, the golden thread in both these stories is that of the fulfillment of prophecy.
The White Witch's attempt to stop the prophecy of the thrones of Cair Paravel. The attempt at getting rid of Shasta/Cor to stop his fulfillment of another prophecy.
Try as man might, attempts were made in each story to stop the fulfillment of prophecy. All of which were to no avail. I daresay reminiscent of the various prophecies that man has tried to stop in the Good Book.
Other books coming.
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