Time

[Queen_of_Underland]

I'm really confused about the whole time thing in Narnia. When the four Pevensive children return to Narnia, why are they kids again and not adults because last time they were there, in The Horse and His Boy, they were adults...So why did they return again as kids?

[peterluvr4evr89]

okay i understood it UNTIL you started asking about it! i want cheesecake!!

[DeplorableWord]

The kids are kids again when they return back to Narnia, because they are like that in their own world really, I guess. If the kids returned in PC to their real Narnia age, they would all be thousands of years into the grave. :) Do you understand?

[LadyAnneH]

Also remember that HHB takes place within the time span of LWW. So if they could have come back at the age they were last in Narnia it would have been when they were in their mid to late 20s or early 30s when they left Narnia at the end of LWW.

[onlymystory]

and finally we attribute it to the fact that they are fictional characters and so CS Lewis can do whatever he wants with them.

[Nema]

To absolutely clarify this:

The Horse and His Boy comes takes place during the years when the Pevensie's ruled Narnia before they returned home through the wardrobe. They had lots of adventures between the time when Aslan crowned them, and the hunt for the white stag. Horse and His Boy is one of these adventures, which was given its own book.

In Narnian time HHB begins years after LWW begins, but ends several years before LWW ends.

[Impreza]

I've been wondering about the issue also...but since some of u have told about the timeline...i think it suits well.

Heck...would like to see more of the adult Susan & Lucy. :p

[WiseEdmund]

well it ain't gonna happen. besides, i find Jill to be more of an interesting character than Susan. Susan tends to be a little too whiny for her own good sometimes. Besides, if that's how the story goes, then how do we - mere mortals- presume to tamper with the delicate balance of CS Lewis's imagination :p

[Rhyanidd]

I think I like onlymystory's answer to the question :p

[ABright5]

well it ain't gonna happen.

It's not impossible that they won't film "The Horse And His Boy" so it may happen

[Narborg]

Its part of the magic I gess, that means that when they came back they are the same as when they left. It work alittle in the reverses as well, as Lewis says the Air works on them brighting back the steght that they had when they were last in the Narnian world. they just don't go back to the age they were when they left.

[LifeMaiden]

Well you also have to figure the huge difference in time as related to how much passes by in Narnia versus 'the real world'...one year went by when the Pevensies left Narnia and hundreds of years went by in Narnia itself....I haven't figured this out yet because I am only halfway through Prince Caspian, but I wonder how it was explained what happened to them when they went back through the wardrobe. What did the creatures of Narnia think when the kids never came back again as kings and queens?

[umbrellaxscenexcore]

in my religion, and i think christianity aswell(that's probably where they got it from) this time thing exists.

it's the time difference between heaven and earth.

[LifeMaiden]

in my religion, and i think christianity aswell(that's probably where they got it from) this time thing exists.

it's the time difference between heaven and earth.


Ummm well you lost me there....I only very recently started to get back into Christianity.

[Harvestar]

Simple anyone?

Planet, or in this case- Worlds or whatever, have different time.
As you might know, for example Pluto's time is different from Earth's.
As in Pluto takes longer to revolve, or to make one year, than it does to Earth.

This of course, through mordern logic, is proven false.
But just a thought that one might adapt :p

But really, it does not matter. You know you'll like the book/movies anyway. ;)

[LifeMaiden]

I think the simplest way to explain the time differences between Narnia and this world is ...MAGIC.

:D

[ABright5]

You can't explain it.

You just have to accept it, and spend all the time you were thinking about it, looking into every wardrobe you can.

[Harvestar]

I think the simplest way to explain the time differences between Narnia and this world is ...MAGIC.

:D
Thats the truth! :D

[LifeMaiden]

I'm really confused about the whole time thing in Narnia. When the four Pevensive children return to Narnia, why are they kids again and not adults because last time they were there, in The Horse and His Boy, they were adults...So why did they return again as kids?


Here's a timeline from NARNIA: BEYOND THE WARDROBE I found:

Time in the real world Time in Narnia

Year 1900 Creation of Narnia, year 1

Year 1940 Year 1000 ( year Pevensies come to Narnia)

Year 1941 Year 2303 ( Caspian is made king)

Year 1942 Year 2306 ( Caspian on the Dawn Treader)

Year 1949 Year 2356 ( Rilian becomes king)
(Train accident)
Year 2555 ( Old Narnia is destroyed, Last
Battle occurs)

[bando2]

This is the beauty of fantasy I think.