Old Narnia
Also known as Old Narnians
The living memory and surviving community of Narnia’s Talking Beasts, Dwarfs, Fauns, Dryads, and other ancient peoples during Telmarine rule.
This encyclopedia follows the whole story. Plot details from all seven chronicles may appear below.
Primary sources
In the chronicles
These links are generated from exact-name appearances in the supplied novels. Each opens the cited paragraph in the local reader.
Prince Caspian11 cited passages⌄
- Chapter III · paragraph 48
…e King of Narnia and we hope he will be. At present he is only King of us Old Narnians----"
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"What do you mean by old Narnians, please?" asked Lucy.
Open passage → - Chapter IV · paragraph 34
… word more. Don't you know your nurse was sent away for telling you about Old Narnia? The King doesn't like it. If he found me telling you secrets, you'd be whipped and I should have my head cut o…
Open passage → - Chapter IV · paragraph 39
This didn't seem to have anything to do with Old Narnia, which was what Caspian really wanted to hear about, but getting up in the middle of the night is always intere…
Open passage → - Chapter V · paragraph 1
…p of the Great Tower, and at each conversation Caspian learned more about Old Narnia, so that thinking and dreaming about the old days, and longing that they might come back, filled nearly all his…
Open passage → - Chapter V · paragraph 49
…rop of human blood in their veins. And Caspian knew that he had found the Old Narnians at last. Then his head began to swim again.
Open passage → - Chapter VI · paragraph 17
… of living to themselves in woods and caves and building up an attempt at Old Narnia in hiding. As soon as Glenstorm had spoken everyone felt much more serious.
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 21
…he place. Great carelessness. At any rate something has warned Miraz that Old Narnia is not so dead as he had hoped, and he is on the move."
Open passage → - Chapter XIV · paragraph 12
…n there was such a clapping and baying and throwing up of hoods among the Old Narnians that it was nearly deafening.
Open passage → - Chapter XIV · paragraph 32
… you! Uses his enemy's arm as a ladder. The High King! The High King! Up, Old Narnia!"
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 27
…ing and strokable gold of Aslan's mane outshone them all. The rest of the Old Narnians stood down each side of the glade. At the far end stood the Telmarines. The sun shone brightly and pennants flu…
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The Last Battle2 cited passages⌄
- Chapter XV · paragraph 36
…g in Aslan's real world. You need not mourn over Narnia, Lucy. All of the old Narnia that mattered, all the dear creatures, have been drawn into the real Narnia through the Door. And of course it …
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 37
It is as hard to explain how this sunlit land was different from the old Narnia, as it would be to tell you how the fruits of that country taste. Perhaps you will get some idea of it, if you …
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