Portal:Narnia/Did you know
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- … that The Roar of Love is a 1978 album by Christian band 2nd Chapter of Acts that tells the story of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in the shape of a musical play.
- … that Many of the details of Calormene life are borrowed from E. Nesbit's portrayal of ancient Babylon in her time-travel story The Story of the Amulet.
- … that Puddleglum, the pessimistic Marsh-wiggle from The Silver Chair, was modeled after C. S. Lewis' gardener?
- … that the Narnia universe has a timeline, as mapped out by C. S. Lewis?
- … that Maugrim, the captain of the White Witch's secret police, had his named changed by the author to "Fenris Ulf," referring to the creature from Norse mythology, before it was ultimately decided to leave it as Maugrim?
- … that during the scene in which Professor Kirke talk with Peter and Susan in the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, one can see the Professor retrieving tobacco from a silver apple container, a clear reference to events stemming from his own boyhood journey into Narnia in "The Magician's Nephew" when he was asked to retrieve a silver apple from Aslan's garden?
- … that, in the Turkish language, Aslan means "lion" and Jadis means "witch"?
- ... that, according to a new book by Michael Ward called 'Planet Narnia', C.S. Lewis secretly designed the Chronicles so that they expressed the qualities of the seven heavens?
- ...That the band Relient K has a song called "In Like a Lion" that was inspired by "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe"?
- ...That Rachael Henley, who played the older Lucy in Walt Disney and Walden Media's adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, is the older sister of Georgie Henley, the young girl who plays Lucy throughout most of the film?
