How old is lucy in lion witch wardrobe

While their brothers are going to war, Lucy and her sister see Aslan come back to life and help him wake the creatures in the White Witch's castle, which the White Witch had turned to stone. They meet with their brothers at the end of the battle. During her reign, the people name her Queen Lucy the Valiant. She and her siblings make a Golden Age in Narnia. Late in the Golden Age while hunting the white stag through Lantern Waste, she notices the lantern where she met Mr.

She stops her siblings and they look and wonder what it is. Lucy, in a dreamy voice, says Spare Oom, Mr. Tumnus's phrase for the land from which they came 15 years earlier, and the children run through the wardrobe into England, where no time has passed and they are children again.

The events in The Horse and His Boy take place after the siblings are crowned, and before they return to England, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Queen Lucy is a young woman who rides to the aid of Archenland.

She is described by Prince Corin as being more like a tomboy, unlike her sister, Queen Susan, who is a "proper lady". Lucy who is now 9 travels to Narnia again with her three siblings in Prince Caspian.

In that book, Lucy is the only one to see Aslan at first, and she has a terrible time convincing her brothers and sister as well as Trumpkin the dwarf that he had returned, echoing her trials early in the first book. However, Edmund believes her and backs her up, due to her being right about Narnia itself existing.

Aslan tells her to try again, and says that she must follow him alone if they refuse to come with her. Lucy comments that Aslan has grown larger. He explains that he appears larger to her because she is older.

This is very much Lucy's book, written largely from her point of view. However, at the end Aslan firmly tells her and Edmund that they have become, like Susan and Peter, too old to further experience the wonders of Narnia. There, she witnesses the destruction of Narnia and lives in the new Narnia created by Aslan. In the new Narnia, all the people and animals who lived in the previous Narnia during its existence return and join together.

But that's just the kind of girl she is: she sticks up for what she knows is right and true. Along with her sister Susan, Lucy develops a particularly close relationship with the lion Aslan, the majestic and magical King of Beasts who rules Narnia.

Upon first meeting Aslan, Lucy observes to herself that he has:. This is a very astute observation, one that takes in both Aslan's strength those paws are massive, and massively powerful and the fact that his gentleness is his choice Aslan makes an effort to retract his claws, or "velvet" his paws.

Lucy's also super-perceptive regarding Aslan's moods. When the army retreats from the Stone Table, she notices that Aslan seems extremely depressed. With Susan, she follows Aslan back to the Stone Table, and when he notices her, she walks with him and shares his sorrow. At the Stone Table, she and Susan witness Aslan's sacrifice and mourn him, and as dawn breaks they discover that he's been resurrected.

Aslan allows Lucy and Susan to get very close to him; during their sad walk to the Stone Table, they bury their hands in his mane. After he is resurrected, they romp and wrestle together joyfully; when he frees the Witch's captives, they ride on his back. As you may have noticed, Aslan is a Christ figure in this story, and the relationship between him and the girls reminds us of the relationship between Jesus and his female followers, especially "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary," who witness the Crucifixion and are the first to arrive at the empty tomb after Jesus is resurrected.

However, although Lucy and Susan have a relatively intimate relationship with Aslan, they're also given a limited role in the battle and other momentous events. It's Father Christmas who tells Susan and Lucy that, although he has given them weapons, they're not supposed to fight in the battle.

Lucy objects, saying:. Given her stalwart behavior throughout the book, we totally agree. But Father Christmas tells her that "battles are ugly when women fight" Whoa, Santa. We didn't realize you were such a sexist. Still, beyond the specific question of whether women should fight on the front lines, there is a more general point: most of the "good" characters in this book, including Aslan and Father Christmas, believe that there are clear gender roles men and women should stick to.

The boys, Peter and Edmund, take their swords and fight in the battle; the girls, Susan and Lucy, rescue people who have been turned to stone and assist Aslan with behind-the-scenes tactical support. Lucy has a special role as healer, using her magic cordial to help those who have been wounded, and even saving her brother Edmund's life.

Still, it's worth noting that Lucy feels ready to break these gender boundaries—to fight in the battle—if she has to do so. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Ages of Pevensie children? LadyAnneH New member. I just began reading LWW again last night in preparation for seeing the movie this weekend.

When I started to see all the promotional stuff for the movie one of the first things that hit me was how old Peter and Susan seemed. I've been looking for it in the book as I go, but I have not seen any mention of the children's ages yet.

Perhaps I've missed it or they talk about it in one of the later books, but I do not remember. I've read the series a few times, but the last time was over five years ago so I am a little rusty on some of the details. For some reason I was under the impression that Peter was about 13 and Susan about 12 in LWW, but the actor who is playing him in the film is about 17 so that made me think that perhaps Peter is older than I thought.

Actually, I think an older Peter and Susan would make more sense. I find it a tad more plausable to have a year old high king leading an army than a year old king.

So, how old are they? Thanks in advance. Namaste Guest. There's another thread where people ask that question and I cited the answer according to a book I have here. It says that Peter is 13, Susan is 12, Edmund is 10, and Lucy is 8. Thanks for replying. Those were the ages I originally had in my head as well; although for the life of me I could not remember where I found them. Are they in LWW? I suppose my eyes could have glossed over it when I re-read the book last week.

I don't think they are listed, but I have a Narnia trivia book that was translated into German, and that's where I found the information.