Something that we have gone over quite a few times in class is the idea that myth does not have only one meaning. It can mean something to the poet who writes it and can mean something different to the person who reads it. Each time a person reads or hears of a myth, they assign a little bit of their own truth and background to it. It has been said that the poet/ the creator, is the only one who is present with the feeling, and they are not just telling stories, but are telling truths about the world.
When Lewis wrote Narnia, there is a lot of subtext, and some not so subtext about Christianity. Lewis wrote exactly as he wanted to, whether the intention to write with heavy religious tones or not was there. However in the movies, it seems like a harmless little children's story. This happens because the author and someone who takes it to another medium, or to derive another view is often presented. People are no longer able to see what the poet and the intention of god or greater beings have, its that of the director, one who is not close to the source. Some of the myth, and the truth within it is lost when someone rewrites or rewords it to their liking. They are giving a myth that reveals truth, to a set meaning which is detached from the truth.
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