What would happen if you died in Narnia?

[furcoats]

I was just courious about what you guys thought. I've thought about this alot. The reason I posted this here is in the book, when Aslan is tlaking to Jill in the beginning of The Silver Chairhe says, "I lay on you this command, that you seek this lost Prince until either you have found him and brought him to his father's house, or else died in the attempt, or else gone back into your own world."

Would you like disapear in own world? What do you think? Maybe you would like be...I don't know. It's a mystery. Well, any ideas are welcome!

[glamel]

if i died in Narnia?
well, hmm...
for me its like dying in another country, and i dont like it.
whatever happens i wanted to die and bury where i was born.
even if it is in Narnia, i still wanted to come back home.:)

[EveningStar]

It depends. If you've committed no treachery and you die in a traitor's stead, you're in luck. Otherwise, OUCH.

[Spare Oom]

Intriguing question, Furcoats. Whatever happens to the children in Narnia, no time has ever passed in their own world and, as far as their physical bodies are concerned, they return to being just as they were before they entered the wardrobe (or whatever it was). So perhaps that's what would happen. On the other hand...who knows? Did anyone ever ask C. S. Lewis that question?

A thing that bothers me is that, when she was a Queen of Narnia, Susan received a proposal of marriage (in The Horse and His Boy). She rejected that proposal, but there could have been other marriage proposals and she might well have accepted one of them if she'd stayed in Narnia a little longer. The same goes for Peter, Edmund and Lucy. If they had married and had children, they would have had to leave their spouses and children behind to return to their own world. And then, when they came back in Prince Caspian, their families would have been long dead. None of this happened, of course, but it's something I kept thinking about last time I read The Horse and His Boy.

[furcoats]

yah that's really interesting Spare Oom! I'll have to think about that..sorry if i didn't make myself clear. I meant the children in the book. Not really us.

[pavender]

A thing that bothers me is that, when she was a Queen of Narnia, Susan received a proposal of marriage (in The Horse and His Boy). She rejected that proposal, but there could have been other marriage proposals and she might well have accepted one of them if she'd stayed in Narnia a little longer. The same goes for Peter, Edmund and Lucy. If they had married and had children, they would have had to leave their spouses and children behind to return to their own world. And then, when they came back in Prince Caspian, their families would have been long dead. None of this happened, of course, but it's something I kept thinking about last time I read The Horse and His Boy.

I have pondered this too - after all they were all of marriagable age when they left Narnia, yet none of them married. I believe it was Aslan's will for them to never marry - He knew what the future held for both them and Narnia, and He knew it would be an unpleasant complication for them to have to leave spouses and children. After all, Aslan is God and God never changes - He would never want anything but death to seperate a married couple, no matter which world they lived in. So with that in mind, I believe Aslan's plan for the Pevensies never included marriage. (Unless of course you count Susan - after all she could get married in England after her family dies, we don't know).

I think also Eustace poses the question in the Last Battle - he mentions to Jill just after they come back into Narnia that he'd felt a jerk just before they arrived and at first he'd thought it was the beginning of a train crash. (Smart boy). With death and accidents on his mind, he asks Jill, "What if we died here? Would our bodies disappear or would we just die in England too? What would people find in our train compartment?" Jill tells him not to think about such horrible things and the matter is dropped - but it's interesting to see that the readers aren't the only people wondering what happens to you in England if you die in Narnia. :)

[Spare Oom]

[Pavender:] "I think also Eustace poses the question in the Last Battle - he mentions to Jill just after they come back into Narnia that he'd felt a jerk just before they arrived and at first he'd thought it was the beginning of a train crash. (Smart boy). With death and accidents on his mind, he asks Jill, "What if we died here? Would our bodies disappear or would we just die in England too? What would people find in our train compartment?" Jill tells him not to think about such horrible things and the matter is dropped - but it's interesting to see that the readers aren't the only people wondering what happens to you in England if you die in Narnia. :) "

Gosh yes - I'd forgotten that bit. Very ironic, of course, as Eustace is unaware that he and Jill have already died in England.

Wonder if C. S. Lewis ever came to any firm conclusion about the issue himself?

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

Well, when you go into Narnia, your body isn't where you used to be. You're in Narnia, and that's that. But they really died in England, so maybe Narnia was like their path to heaven? I'm not sure. I've thought about this so often, but it gets so confusing! :confused:

[UGOJ]

Well who knows? When u die in Narnia the other part of the body might be in England n the other part in Narnia!!! I hope that wouldn't happen :eek:

[EveningStar]

Clearly the physical bodies removed from Earth when the Pevensies went into Narnia. Why? Because Lucy went into the wardrobe FIRST and she was followed in by Edmond. He would have found her in the wardrobe, perhaps standing there comatose, if bodies remained behind.

Second proof...the coats taken into the wardrobe went with the Pevensies. These were physical objects from our world.

However in the train wreck in The Last Battle, it is implied that the Pevensies had bodies that were given them by Aslan, much as we saw with Caspian when he was raised by Aslan...the drop of blood in the stream, you know. And if you DON'T know, have a good read this afternoon. ;)

[furcoats]

Clearly the physical bodies removed from Earth when the Pevensies went into Narnia. Why? Because Lucy went into the wardrobe FIRST and she was followed in by Edmond. He would have found her in the wardrobe, perhaps standing there comatose, if bodies remained behind.

Second proof...the coats taken into the wardrobe went with the Pevensies. These were physical objects from our world.

However in the train wreck in The Last Battle, it is implied that the Pevensies had bodies that were given them by Aslan, much as we saw with Caspian when he was raised by Aslan...the drop of blood in the stream, you know. And if you DON'T know, have a good read this afternoon. ;)

yes, that's a good point. But since time in Narnia lasts no time in our world, that makes it difficult, if sy, Eustace died in SC then would his mother find his dead body on the bed in the room Lucy was staying in or would he just vanish forever?

[marshwiggle@1216]

okay dieing is a creepy thing to think about no matter WHERE you are, but personally i would think that if they died in Narnia they would not die in the real world because Aslan always returns the children to the state they were in BEFORE they came to Narnia, but thats just my opinion :p