Narnia character
William Moseley as Peter Pevensie in the 2005 film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Peter Pevensie
Race/Nation	Human / England
Gender	Male
Title	High King of Narnia
Birthplace	England, Earth
Family
Parents	Mr. & Mrs. Pevensie
Sibling(s)	Susan, Edmund and Lucy
Other	Eustace Scrubb (cousin)
Major character in
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Portrayals in Adaptations
1988 BBC miniseries: Richard Dempsey (younger), Christopher Bramwell (older) 2005 Disney film: William Moseley (younger), Noah Huntley (older) 2008 Disney film: William Moseley[1]

Peter Pevensie is one of the major characters in the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. Peter appears in three of the seven books; in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, he is a principal child character, and in The Last Battle, he is an adult. He is mentioned in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and in The Horse and His Boy. The Narnia books The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. ... Image File history File links Narnia1pt. ... William Peter Brown Moseley (born 27 April 1987) is an English actor. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) under the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which many of the books revolve. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as a location for his Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children. ... Susan Pevensie is one of the major characters in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series. ... Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Edmund Pevensie is a major character in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia. ... Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the 2005 film Lucy Pevensie is one of the major characters from C. S. Lewiss The Chronicles of Narnia. ... Eustace Clarence Scrubb is a character in C. S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia. ... The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... Prince Caspian is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ... The BBC produced a television adaptation of four books of C. S. Lewiss The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1988), Prince Caspian (1989), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) and The Silver Chair (1990). ... William Peter Brown Moseley (born 27 April 1987) is an English actor. ... Noah Huntley is an actor, probably most famous for his minor role in the feature film 28 Days Later. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... The Narnia books The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. ... Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. ... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... Prince Caspian is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ... The Last Battle is the seventh and final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. ... The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis. ... Cover of a recent edition of The Horse and His Boy The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C.S. Lewis. ...

Peter is the eldest of the four Pevensie children and shares his adventures in Narnia with his sisters Susan and Lucy and with his brother Edmund. Susan Pevensie is one of the major characters in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series. ... Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the 2005 film Lucy Pevensie is one of the major characters from C. S. Lewiss The Chronicles of Narnia. ... Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Edmund Pevensie is a major character in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia. ...

Name

Peter shares some similarities with Saint Peter (see Christian elements below) and that may contribute to Lewis' choice for his name. An early draft of The Lion begins, "This book is about four children whose names were Ann, Martin, Rose, and Peter. But it is most about Peter who was the youngest." Peter is the only name that makes it into the final work, but as the oldest child instead of the youngest. (Hooper 1977, pp. 105-6) Saint Peter, also known as Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha — original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose as his original disciples. ...

Pevensey, on the southeast coast of England, is the site of a medieval castle that figures importantly in British history at several points. In Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill (1907) at least one of the characters refers to Pevensey as "England's Gate", which the celebrated wardrobe in Lewis's books quite literally becomes. The surname "Pevensie" does not actually appear in the Chronicles until the third published book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Pevensey is a small village (1991 pop. ... This article is about the British author. ... The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis. ...

Biographical summary

Prior story

Peter was born in 1927 and is about 13 years old when he appears in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. By The Last Battle he is 22 years old. The events of the Narnian timeline, listed side-by-side against relevant Earth events. ...

In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

As the eldest brother, he tries his best to protect his other siblings and to act like a responsible young adult. He is evacuated to the countryside with his siblings by train because of the air-raids of World War II. In the countryside, they stay at the old mansion of Professor Digory Kirke until the end of the war. Digory Kirke is a human character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ...

When Lucy first stumbles on the wardrobe, Peter doesn't believe her, thinking it is just her imagination until he and the other Pevensies enter the wardrobe themselves; "A jolly good hoax, Lu".(Lewis 1950, pp. 27) He later apologizes to Lucy for not believing her and is quite angry with Edmund for earlier denying Narnia's existence; "Well, of all the poisonous little beasts".(Lewis 1950, pp. 55) This is caused by Edmund's revelation of his deceit when, upon entering Narnia, he says; "I say...oughtn't we to be bearing a bit more to the left, that is, if we are aiming for the lamp-post?".(Lewis 1950, pp. 54-55)

Peter received his sword, Rhindon, and shield from Father Christmas during the journey to find Aslan and is later knighted "Sir Peter Wolf's-Bane" (Lewis 1950, pp. 121) by Aslan after he kills Maugrim the wolf, chief of the White Witch's secret police, who was trying to kill Susan. This is Peter's first battle. In the American editions of the books on which the 1979 animated film was based, Lewis changed the chief wolf's name to Fenris-Ulf, after a figure from Norse mythology. In those versions, Peter is given the epithet "Fenris-bane". Maugrim is a powerful wolf and one of the White Witchs servants in the book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. ... Jadis, the White Witch is the key villain of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series, and the second chronologically. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... According to the Edda Fenrisulfr bites off the hand of Týr (John Bauer, 1911) In Norse mythology, Fenrir or Fenrisulfr is a wolf, the son of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. ... Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ...

After the defeat of the White Witch Jadis, self-styled Queen of Narnia, and her evil allies, in the Battle of Beruna Ford, he is crowned by Aslan as His Majesty King Peter, High King of Narnia, Emperor of the Lone Islands, Lord of Cair Paravel, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Lion. The ancient prophecy of two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve coming to sit on the four thrones of Narnia at Cair Paravel has come to fruition. This marks the end of the hundred years of winter and the reign of the White Witch, and is the beginning of Narnia's Golden Age. Combatants Aslans Army White Witchs Army Commanders Aslan, Peter Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie Jadis the White Witch Strength At least one giant named Rumblebuffin, and an unspecified number of Beavers, Birds, Boars, Cattle, Centaurs, Deer, Dogs, Dryads, Eagles,Fauns, Foxes, Giants, Hamadryads, Hedgehogs, Horses, Leopards, Lions, Mice, Naiads, Pelicans... Cair Paravel is the capital of Narnia in The Chronicles of Narnia. ...

In Prince Caspian

After the Pevensies arrive on the ruined Cair Paravel, Peter recognizes it for his sword, Rhindon, left there among the ruins. He again serves as the leader of the group. When the children are forced to make a decision, Peter, as High King, has the final word. After the Pevensie children help defeat Miraz, Peter formally gives authority to Caspian to rule Narnia as king. He later confided to Lucy and Edmund that he was told by Aslan that he and Susan will never return to Narnia, as they are now too old. The four children returned to their world, in which they were waiting for their train that will take them to a boarding school.

In Voyage of the Dawn Treader

While not physically present in the book, it was mentioned that Peter was under the tutelage of Professor Kirke in preparation for exams.

In The Horse and His Boy

High King Peter around this time was leading a battle to drive away the giants from the North, and thus made no physical appearance in the story. However, his prowess from this fight was well known in Narnia, as it was referenced in the other books.

In The Last Battle

Peter has a minor role in the story, however he was the first one who introduced himself to Tirian when the young king begged them to come to their aid. And as Narnia was destroyed in the end, Peter was the one who was asked by Aslan to close the door, and was one of the many people admitted in Aslan's country.

Christian elements

Further information: The Chronicles of Narnia: Christian parallels

Lewis, himself an expert on allegory, did not consider The Chronicles of Narnia allegory. He saw them as "suppositional" answering the question, "What might Christ become like, if there really were a world like Narnia and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?' This is not allegory at all." (Martindale & Root 1990) While not allegorical, Narnia does present significant parallels with elements from Christianity. The Narnia books The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ...

There are similarities between Peter Pevensie and St. Peter, who was one of Jesus's original twelve disciples. In the story, Peter is the leader of the children as St. Peter is considered the leader of the twelve disciples. Peter leads the army of Narnia to fight against the White Witch as St. Peter led the early Christian church in spreading Christianity. Like St. Peter, who was given that name from Christ, Peter is given the name Sir Peter Wolfsbane by Aslan. The biblical St. Peter, according to Catholic tradition, was given the key to the gate of Heaven and Peter Pevensie shut the door, with a golden key, sealing the destroyed Narnia after the judgment in The Last Battle.(Hinten 2005, pp. 10) According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside-down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ... Jadis, the White Witch is the key villain of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series, and the second chronologically. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Last Battle is the seventh and final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. ...

Portrayals

• In the 2005 Disney film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter is portrayed by British actor William Moseley as a child and Noah Huntley as an adult. Moseley will return for the sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, scheduled for a 2008 release.^[1]
• In the 1988 television serial produced by the BBC, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter was played by actor Richard Dempsey.
• In the late-1990s/early-2000s radio adaptations produced by Focus on the Family Radio Theatre, he is voiced as a child by Freddie Findlay and by Peter Moreton as an adult.

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Notes

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References

• Lewis, C.S. (1950), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, London: Geoffrey Bles
• Lewis, C.S. (1951), Prince Caspian, London: Geoffrey Bles
• Lewis, C.S. (1952), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, London: Geoffrey Bles
• Lewis, C.S. (1954), The Horse and His Boy, London: Geoffrey Bles
• Lewis, C.S. (1956), The Last Battle, London: Geoffrey Bles
• Martindale, Wayne & Jerry Root (1990), The Quotable Lewis, Tyndale House, ISBN 0-8423-5115-9
• Hooper, Walter (1977), "Narnia: The Author, the Critics, and the Tale", The Longing for a Form, ed. Peter Schakel, Ohio: Kent State Univ. Press, ISBN 0-8423-5115-9
• Hinten, Marvin D. (2005), The Keys to the Chronicles, Broadman & Holman, ISBN 0-8054-4028-3

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Additional reading

• Ford, Paul F. (2005), Companion to Narnia, Revised Edition, SanFrancisco: Harper, ISBN 0-06-079127-6
• Duriez, Colin (2004), A Field Guide to Narnia, InterVarsity Press, ISBN 0-8308-3207-6
• Wagner, Richard J. (2005), C.S. Lewis & Narnia For Dummies, For Dummies, ISBN 0-7645-8381-6

See also