Narnia in the Top 3 Fantasy Worlds to Visit
Narnia took third place in a recent poll asking which fantasy worlds people would like to visit most. First place went to Pandora, the world in the recent movie Avatar, and second place went to Hogwarts in Harry Potter. You can see the remainder of the top 10 fantasy worlds people wanted to visit here.
My choices would be: Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwarts, Wonderland (book).
They didn't ask my opinion. I'd have voted for Narnia, all the way. Even if it meant serving in the army–in fact, *especially* if it meant serving in the army. Long live King Peter! Long live King Caspian!
Long live King Edmund!!!!!
Long live Queen Susan! Long live Queen Lucy!
Long live King Rillian! Long live King Cor!(even though he's king of Archenland)
Long live narnia.
Long live the King obove all High Kings, the son of the Emporer beyond the sea!
Long Live Aslan!!!!!!
King Rilian live forever
Long live King Tirian!!
(I've always wanted to go to Rohan though.)
Long Live King Frank! Long Live Queen Helen!
Thank you, MurtaghLuv! Long live the King over all high kings!
Long live dessert! 🙂 My choices would have been 1. Narnia 2. Coruscant (from star wars) 3. Kashyyyk (Star Wars) and 4. Naboo (Also from Star Wars:-)
haha u like star wars i c. me to. however, puddleglum had a good point: why would they be fighting in the first place? (the stars)
Long live King Timo!
I like Narnia, but actually going there seems…unsafe.
yes… it is most definitely unsafe. that's why i loved it so much! 😀 😀
agreed! that would be the main reason to go! 😀
I must say things would be rather slow around here without the occasional owl flying in with children set on an adventure.
But of course I have been told I am far too excitable at times.
oh tipical puddlegum. 🙂
haha. You might just have made my day! ;P
'course it isn't safe. But it's good. 🙂
I'd like to go there because its unsafe! – totally different from everything that i've ever done.
and I know that i could probably just sick around the good guys anyway – so i'd have back-up if something happened 😉
My choices: Narnia(always first:), Hogwarts and Naboo:D
I probably could have guessed before reading this that "Pandora" would take first place only because it's the most recent "world" in people's minds.
Take the same poll in about 20 years and Middle-Earth, Narnia and Harry Potter's wizard world will be back on top. The worlds of classic literature (even the newer "Potter"), with their echoes of Biblical truth and redemption, will long outlast the "Avatar" fad and pagan overtones.
I agree that Pandora is only on top because of timing. Take the poll right after VDT comes to DVD and Narnia would probably be on top. I am encouraged that Narnia took third though, despite the relative failure of the movie PC. I am surprised that Wonderland was not higher on the list. Maybe in the poll they should have called it "Underland" instead!
Did you just say Scary Potter had Biblical truth? That insane!
yes unfortunately alot of ppl seem to think that harry potter is a story written in the same sence as narnia! this cld not be more further from the truth… harry potter is the complete oppesite of narnia, God, and christianity, it is sad to see ppl confused bu this but thats how satan works i suppose, we shld just pray for them, and let ppl know of the real truths behind things like harry potter!
I must say I respecfully disagree with Jag and Neverland Child….
Harry Potter, although written from a secular worldview in many senses and without any "God character" etc, has many echoes of truth and redemption. Rowling herself, who is a member of the church of Scotland, admitted that she had hidden a lot of spiritual truth in her work. Just because it is not as obvious as Aslan in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe does not mean it isn't there. Sometimes spiritual truths buried deep are the best way to communicate with people.
One of the big objections to Harry Potter in Christian circle is the element of magic. Many don't think about the amount of magic that is in the Narnia and Lord of the Rings series. The issue is that Narnia and Lord of the Rings were written by two overtly Christian writers while Rowling did not make her Christian beliefs known because she did not want to make the ending to her series obvious and turn off a score of readers.
I challenge you to actually read Harry Potter yourself, and think about it, before you begin making assumptions about the books.
Whatever Christian beliefs Rowling had, I do not see them reflected as directly in her work — and some other beliefs she's outlined belie a wholly Christian worldview.
Nevertheless, I agree with Shasta above that though Satan may use "Harry Potter" to work in some people, 1) Satan can corrupt anything (even the Bible), and 2) If someone indeed sins, it is his own fault, and having read the whole series (almost twice) and seen all the films, I can assure those concerned that it is not "demonic" or a dispenser of real witchcraft or any of that.
The story is well-done fantasy and thus can be enjoyed as that, even the parts that don't reflect Christianity (i.e., valuing love for its own end, rather than as a means to the God Who is love).
What has also helped me is Jesus' reminder to the You-Know-Whats (the Pharisees) in Mark 7. Contrary to myth, He did not condemn them for following the Law but for swapping it out for made-ups laws. And in response to their made-up laws, Jesus said (from verses 14-23):
"Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. … Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?. … What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Application: I can read a series like "Harry Potter" and if they are not a real sin for me, making me stumble (cf. Romans 14), I can do this without being guilty of sin or giving the Devil a foothold. Reason: because real sin comes from within. It is not one's environment that makes me sin, but my own sin-shrapnel that still resides in me (Romans 7). How do I deal with the sin? Not just by avoiding Bad Stuff, but by looking to Christ my Lord and Savior. 🙂
For more on this and other issues, visit http://www.yehaveheard.com/2010/05/stretching-scripture-yoga-opposition-and-sins-real-source . That column is specifically about Christians who think "yoga" is always bad, but applies to this issue as well.
And I'm always around to PM if anyone is curious to learn more. There is Biblical balance between trying to avoid tempting influences and not discerning at all — but from what I've seen and read, most Christians tend to fall into the trap of only emphasizing one or the other.
Dr Elwin Ransom,
First, it's good to know that there is yet another Christian on this site! It's a very encouraging thought.
Now, true, it is what comes OUT of a man that defiles him. But the question is WHY does what comes out of him happen at all? I once heard of two boys (twelvish, I think) who had this "thing" for violent video games. They played them so much that one day, they went to a playground and ended up killing a little girl, thinking that real life was like the video game: namely, she'd just be able to get up again, which, of course, didn't happen. I'm not trying to contradict my Saviour or anything, but what you put IN could very well come OUT.
I hope you read this as a respectfully-written comment and not as an argument.
Dr. Ransom, i would have to agree with everything u said, but if u dont mind my asking, r u a lawyer? u seem 2 hav all the facts and refrences 2 support evrything ur saying.
Ariel, this verse is refering to what comes inside a man's stomach, not mind!
I'd probably get killed, but Narnia would be first, then the Shire, then the Silverlock world (from the novel by John Myers Myers).
awesome! though it's annoying to see that Harry Potter second over Narnia…..why not Middle Earth? argh. oh well…..
Yeah, Middle-Earth is sooo much better than Hogwarts! No offense! 😉 You have over a gazillion places to choose from! If I took the poll: The Shire, Narnia, and Camelot.
I take offence anyway. I LOVE Harry Potter. My top 3 places would be Hogwarts, Narnia, then mabye Wonderland.
I'd definitely choose Narnia first, then probably Hogwarts, Middle Earth seems like it would either be really boring or way too exciting. And Wonderland would definitely be too exciting.
Why would you say Middle Earth is boring?
Middle Earth and Narnia are definitely my top two – in either order.
Yay that Narnia placed in the top three! And I agree that Middle-Earth will probably place higher again one day.
Yeah. Middle-Earth will probably be in on the top once The Hobbit movie comes out! ;D
Narnia for me. 🙂
Narnia. Middle-earth. then…well, I'd like to visit the worlds I have made up. 😉 The Star Wars universe is neat – though I would probably get into duels over philosophy & theology pretty easily… 😀
Safety is of no concern. We are between the paws of the true Aslan.
I would love to visit Narnia, any probobly the Star Wars universe.
1.Narnia(Duh) 2.Alagaesia. for #3 would be the world that I madeup.
What's Alagaesia?
Have you read "eragon"?
Oh, yeah I forgot Alagaesia.(it's sort of like Middle-Earth,except smaller,and has good and bad dragons. Look it up on google or wikipedia.)So I choose Middle-Earth(plus Beleriand and Valinor),Narnia,Alagaesia. 😉
ha, yes yes! another Eragon reader! that would be on my list too! (Alagaesia… love the books, but I can never spell the world right. @_@)
but I seriously can't decide. Narnia all the way for first, of course, but then how to decide between Berk (I loved How to Train your Dragon!), Alagaesia, Harry Potter land, Pern, and of course my endless worlds that I made up??
xD
but Narnia's first, and that's what truly matters, lulz.
Narnia!!! Obviously. Then, I'm not quite sure. Middle-Earth, maybe- I was shocked that it wasn't in the top three! Not anything having to do with Harry Potter, though- I don't approve of that series.
@Movie Aristotle: Ditto! Or after LWW.
I'd love to visit a world that my friend made up! Or one that I did… except mine doesn't have a name.
I wonder why the poll questioned the uneven number of 1,739 people? Why not make it 1,740?
Polls are getting weirder and weirder these days. 😉
Narnia should have totally been first. Or at least Middle Earth.
I toldally agree!!!
YES!!!! OF COARSE!!!!
Narnia!!! Our home away from home…lol!
Middle Earth all the way…..and then Narnia, the real Narnia, not the shadowlands.
1-Narnia, 2-Hogwarts, and 3-Wonderland.
I would have to say Narnia then middle earth and then I'm not sure what else
Yeah. Exactly. Me too.
I would say Pandora, Narnia, Middle Earth and Wonderland.
But I never say HOGWARTS!!!!!!!!!!!
I would all so like vist POTC the How to Train Your Dragon place and a land I made up.
I made up a land of my own too. It's actually a book I'm trying to write. (But I'm taking FOR EVER :P) It's called Lurtz, and it has unicorns, pegasus' sea creatures, gryphons, and faries in it. And the King is a GIANT eagle.
My book is Christain based. 🙂
Haggith Tarkheena, "Lurtz" is the name of an ugly Uruk-Hai Orc chief in the film version of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." You might want to change your created-world's name! 🙂
me too mine is called "Paradawn" (PAIR-A-DAWN) Made it last year! it is awesome! and im princess Maria (not my real name) and me too is trying to make a book out of it!
That's awesome Haggith Tarkheena!! I writing a book of my own. It's called "Tyrainus"
Sweet! I've already written a book involving another world! (It's just not published yet.)
I don't recall any "Lurtz" in LotR, but I'm assuming you like LotR far more than me (for me, it's just a mild interest) so I'll take your word for it, Dr Elwin Ransom!
I would say Narnia, Odyssey(the town from adventures in odyssey),Alleble,the Star wars universe, Middle Earth, River Heights(where Nancy Drew lives), Bayport(where the Hardy Boys live), and some various lands I made up.
And who cares about getting killed? I know where I'm going. Heaven.
oh yeah sista! (about the going to heaven part)
Ooh I'd love to go to Odyssey 🙂
Yeah, Odyssey for me, too! And Narnia, and a few Star Wars places 🙂
I'm not sure I'd go to Odyssey… but did you know that some kids in Odyssey had adventures in another world called Marus? Check out Paul McCusker's "Passages" series! They are AMAZING! Not as close to Narnia as one may think, but I think they are so COOL! (even though the backs of the books say "ages 10-14" and I'm not in that category!)
I'd totally go for Narnia and Marus!
to true my friend. 🙂 about going to heaven. I liked C. S. lewis' idea about all the worlds combined and all. probably my favorite thing he put in the books!
Ah, Heaven. To finally go to the Greatest of all countries.
I would go to Narnia and Naboo.
narnia, star wars, and, um, dinotopia? and a made up land of my own.. were the is always fighting. Oh! and earth! Earth would be soooo cool to go to. if only..
lol Earth would be pretty interesting to go to, if only….. 😛
they have the weirdest two-legged things there. i think they call themselves humans.. i think.
Strangly, I understand that among humans when behaives badly they say the person is acting like an "animal".
Indeed. i'v had to explain this to some of the bad tempered mammals near my home.
The real Narnia all the way! Probably coz King Edmund's there 🙂
I'm going to the real Narnia someday. And it's not to see King Ed (though I admit he's pretty cool). I'm going to praise Christ (who is depicted by Aslan) for the rest of eternity. And THAT is something to look forward to!
Oh! ijust remembered, the wood between the worlds! that would be my first. then i could find narnia AND still go to other worlds. 😀
Ah, Man! Why didn't they make Narnia 1st place? It's a WHOLE lot better then stupid, idiotict, witch craft teaching Harry Potter!!!!! And my family and I rented Avatar on TV, and I do admit that the Avatar people are pretty cool, but the whole worshiping the "Willow tree" is DUMB!!!!! NARNIA SHOULD BE FIRST!!!!!!!
They can't just "make" something first place. It's a poll. 😛
ya but who cares! bout everybody knows that its number one!
I completly agree with you!
OH! And I can't forget Middle-Earth in the Lord of the Rings! That place is awesome too! I would stay in Rohan for 6 months, and ride their awesome horses, and then I would go to the Shire for a whole year!!!!! I LOVE HOBBITS!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀
Ooh! Horses! (Yesterday, I was reading about Shadowfax. And I've decided that I want him!) ;D
I excepted that the three top fantasy worlds to visit would be Middle Earth, Narnia, and Hogwarts. I am surprised that Middle Earth was so low in the list. I personally, would have picked Narnia, Middle Earth, and Starwars. But Avatar, Pandora world didn't look all that nice to visit.There are big blue creators about six feet tall and they act like part animals part humans, what are they you wonder.
because they remained in third place third place that hurt me because you are the best movie of Narnia, and ps are chida his movies but I miss you more adventurous or magic or something like a penalty but nimodo good bye.
Cool! Mine would be Middle Earth, Wonderland (alice and wonderland land) and I think it may be Narnia or something that I forgot the name of.
Sweet! Way to go Narnia! I'm very surprised Middle Earth isn't in the top 3 though…
My list would be;
Alagaesia,
Amara,
Narnia,
The Shire,
Wonderland,
and then all the others
Mine would be a toss-up between Middle Earth, Narnia, and Azeroth (from World of Warcraft…yes I'm a nerd :P)
It's Narnia all the way for me!! 🙂
I would put it Narnia Middle earth then Harry Potter at the very, very, very bottom. (If you haven't noticed I hate Harry Potter's gutts!)
amen fellow believer 🙂
Hate is a bitter pill.
Funny how Middle-Earth is #6. I thought LotR was more popular than Narnia…. (Not that I care, because I believe Narnia is oodles better than Middle-Earth (which is how it turned out in the poll anyway)!)
that's so cool!
(but, in my opinion, Narnia sooo should've been first)
Ditto!
Pfft, Pandora? Booooring compared to Narnia or Middle-Earth!
Couldn't say it better myself!!!
Camelot and Middle Earth sound nice…but Narnia rules.
Now, I'm not familiar with all the magical worlds out there.. but I would much rather go to Wonderland than Narnia.. I put Wonderland over top of all of them, it's got so much more magic and fantasy in it, plus I've loved Wonderland my whole life – it's very special to me, which is not something I'd say about Narnia.. I'm not saying I dislike Narnia, but I'd rather be in Wonderland.. and no, I don't find the Harry Potter series to be a sin, I beleive much differently..
my chices would be pandora, then narnia
My three would be NARNIA then NARNIA and NARNIA haha
Woe wait.. U would have Narnia AFTER Narnia??!!! I cant believe that! I would SO have Narnia, THEN Narnia. then after that u r so right: NARNIA. 🙂
I just cannot understand why someone would rather go to this Pandora place rather than Narnia.
From what I have been told there are these floating pieces of land all about. I would be in constant worry of one of them landing on me. Or even being on one, (my head spinns at the thought).
No. Better to keep my webbed feet in a good "solid" Narnian peat swamp.
As for this Hogwart, or whatever they call the place. Such big buildings are usually too cramped inside. Give me a wide open fenn any day, with a good view of the stars at night.
Star Wars? Why would they be fighting in the first place?
I see ur point. flying landmasses dont seem very stable for hooves. i'd probably just slide off. O.O and then i had the same question about the stars.
Now this "middle earth" place sounds interesting.
But I must admit they spend much to much time underground. I have seen enough of that already.
id say. By the way, hows ur foot?
Very much better. Thank you.
My hand is quite well from the scorching too.
good to hear.
My choice would definetely be Narnia, Middle Earth and Hogwarts. I don't understand how somebody could compare Pandora to these places which will go down in history because they are so magical. Nobody can beat them, just because some film came out that has attracted loads of attention because it's modern and cliche, doesn't mean that other films with magical places like: Underworld, Middle Earth, Narnia and even Harry Potter world… It's ridiculous and totally absurd… but then again everyone has their own taste…!
as much as like narnia i would go to middle earth and Alagaesia before going to narnia
harry potter? ewww! i would choose Narnia as #1, Middle-Earth as #2, and #3 would be my world of Gillidiad in my books 😀
whats ur book?
Huzzah for Narnia!! My top 3:
-Narnia
-Middle Earth
-Elyon
🙂
And I don't understand why ANYONE would go to Pandora. Using a quote from the movie-"everything out there wants to kill you and eat your eyes for ju-ju beans".-Army Chief Guy
Or something along those lines ^^
I mean, I know that Narnia and Middle Earth are dangerous, but at least they're a little hospitable! =]
Yeesh. Avatar hype. Makes me sick >.<
I havnt seen it. but from ur comment i find myself REALY wanting 2. 😛 sounds like a place that a centaur like me would like.
Just remember,
Floating chunks of land overhead.
oh yeah. O.O
avatar is alright. not as good as narnia i'll tell you. lots of cuss words, weird clothes, and worshiping a tree. :/
That's the biggest difference.
While they pray to a created thing, we look to the Creatore.
true indeed.
Definitely Narnia. Pandora is more sci-fi than true fantasy. And Hogwarts is low fantasy, since it is located in the UK after all. But Narnia is truly the quintessential high fantasy world- complete with medieval elements and all.
Narnia, Middle Earth, Star Wars Galaxy, Star Trek Alagaesia, Amara, Shannara, Camelot, Neverland, Wonderland
There you go, My top ten… *wonders why Star Trek wasn't on the top list…
Oh wait, Its not tecnicly a different world, I don't care. It still is on my list.
thats 9.
Seven, eight, nine,,,,
Now I have to take my boots off again!
remembering ur youth?
Makes counting easier.
oh i c.
Just out of curiosity,
Has anyone a way of contacting Warwik Davis?
I would think that if anyone were an authority on the subject( from an actore's point of view ), it would be he.
Think about it, he played The title character in "Willow".
He played the "original" Reepacheap, in the BBC's Prince Caspian, as well as VODT. Then Glimfeather in The Silver Chair.
I believe he also played a "giant-dwarf" in "Gulliver's Travels". Then a leprican in a movie of the same name.
Finally the role of Nicabrik in Prince Caspian.
I would say, give the fellow a call.
Oh yes. I almost forgot he also played the little fuzzy fellow from "The Return of the Jedi".
I do believe that covers Mr. Davis's credentials. Please feel free to add to them anyone.
he played in a lot off things. on his wiki page at the bottom there is a list of movies. he also played yoda and somthing in harry potter, evan though i dont care 4 the movie.
Yoda?
I though he was played by Fozzy Bear.
i think he was just a stand-in. on the phantom menace where Yoda tells Obi he can train the future darth vador.
I guess I will have to watch that part again with the young wiggle. (Embarrassed to admit he enjoys that series.)
it is fine, i enjoy it myself.
Just remembered.
Mr. Davis was in "The Phantom Menace" as well. Bit part really. He was one of the fans cheering on you Anakin during the pod race.
Not sure but he might also have played a young version of the race that "Greedo" fellow from the original movie. You know, the poor guy who Han Solo fried in the cantina.
I was hoping you would get the bear reference.
Frank Oz, the voice for Fozzie, (I must correct my spelling) was also the puppiteer, and voice for Yoda in the original series.
I looked up the reference to wiki.
His Yoda was a "walking" part.
I hate it i hate that movie narnia is gayy, we had to watch it in English and do 5 assignments on it!!!
narnia is not gay. if u hate it than why r u on a narnia website?
O My Gosh!! Narnia Is SOOO Not gay! where did you get that from!???
Now hold on a moment.
What do you mean by "gay"?
Now if you are refferring to the original meaning, simply put happy, joyful, etc. I must aggree.
But if you are meaning some derogatory slang, I must dissagree.
I can only hope that the message in the story is a seed that will in time germinate.
What are you saying? Narnia is sooooooo not gay!!! Omac the centaur definetely has a point why are you on a Narnia fansite?
if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all.
Especially when you're on a fansite 4 the very thing you just called gay…..makes no sense.
1 . NARNIA – 2 . ARCHENLAND – 3 . CALORMEN !!!! ALL NARNIA WORLD !!!
her is my top ten-
1.) Narnia
2.) The Realms (from Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty)
3.) The Shire (lord of the rings)
4.) Wonderland
5.) Pandora
6.) Puddingworld
7.) Dairyworld
8.) Naboo (star wars)
9.) Fairyworld
10.) the magic place in Spiderwick Chronicles( dont know what it's called)
For me:
1. Hogwarts (that includes Hogsmeade too) 😉
2. Narnia
3. Middle-Earth
I love the three series very much!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
I'd love to visit Pandora too, but i don't want to be with a mask on my face…