Susan the Gentle
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Look, just because some man in a red coat hands you a sword it doesn't make you a hero!
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May 19, 2008 15:48:22 GMT -5
Post by Susan the Gentle on May 19, 2008 15:48:22 GMT -5
Earth visitors to Narnia typically find that a visit to Narnia lasts longer in Narnia (sometimes much longer) than the corresponding period of their absence from Earth. For example, in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Lucy's first visit to Narnia lasts hours and the four children's main adventure there lasts fifteen years; but each time, they are gone from Earth for only a few seconds. Temporal order, however, seems to be preserved: a person crossing between the worlds arrives after people who have crossed previously, and before people who cross later.
The Telmarines, who are descended from pirates from our world, may provide a counter-example. The pirates crossed from "an island in the South Seas" through a portal to Telmar in the Narnian world, and later migrated to Narnia itself. They must have arrived in the Narnian world after the first Earth visitors, who left Earth at the end of the 19th century and witnessed the creation of Narnia. So if temporal order is preserved, the pirates can have left Earth no earlier than the late 19th century. But some think[citation needed] Lewis intended the South Sea pirates to be men involved in the Mutiny on the Bounty, which occurred in the South Pacific in the 18th century.
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