Prophecy Origin

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Prophecy Origin

Post by Shield Maiden » Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:29 pm

I'm sure we're all familiar with the prophecies heralding the Pevensies' coming and the death of the White Witch. The other day, though, I was thinking: who spoke these prophecies? How did the Narnians know the speaker(s) was reliable? Were they given a time period for the fulfillment?

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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by narniac101 » Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:07 pm

*pops into conversation*

My assumption would be that it was the stars who foretold the Pevensies coming. If this is so, then I'm guessing that a centaur probably would have been the one to add rhyme to the prophecies as well.
Roonwit said to Tirian in LB:
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And stars are a reputable source for news in Narnia too, so maybe that.......... what was I just thinking about? Oh well. I'll remember it later.

So maybe it could have been the stars! Maybe....

Perhaps that could be a likely theory? :)
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by hobbit_of_narnia » Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:10 pm

*suddenly has an idea for another fanfiction!!!*
LOL, Nan, you posted right before me!
But really, I, too, am pretty sure it would have been a centaur translating the stars. They tend to know almost everything.
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by Ariel.of.Narnia » Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:58 am

I assumed a centaur was involved (and I have a fic plot bunny that's been running around in my mind involving said centaur). As for reliability, I imagine the prophet(s) were highly reputable and/or there was a way to confirm whether a prophesy was true or false as in Old Testament times (eg: a conjunctive prophesy coming to be or a small-scale or similar version of its coming to pass).
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by HermitoftheNorthernMarch » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:52 am

Narniac101 and Ariel of Narnia, are, I think on the right track. I wonder if the dryads also had a hand in prophecy, thinking about the dryad that spoke over Reepicheep.
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by Swanwhite » Tue May 03, 2016 12:31 am

Ooh yeah! :) I hadn't really thought about the Narnian prophets that must have spoken the prophesies about the Pevensies.
As has been pointed out, other examples of Narnian prophets have been the Centaur that Cor and Corin were taken to as babies, and the Dryad that gave the utter east verse to Reepicheep. Glenstorm and Roonwit also appear to be prophets in some sense, and the stars themselves. All of these are messengers of Aslan in one way or another.
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by Lily of Archenland » Sat Jul 02, 2016 9:07 pm

I actually had an old one-shot dealing with said Centaur, although if I was going to post it anywhere again it could use some serious upgrading and editing. Started feeling plotbunnyish after I saw him confronting Jadis in a dream, years ago...
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by Lucy Took » Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:47 am

I was thinking about this just a bit ago, and while it would be a bit of a stretch I think it would be really nice and bookendy if it was a message from Father Christmas as he left Narnia for the last time before being driven out.
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by Ariel.of.Narnia » Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:47 pm

Hmm. If nothing else, that'd be a nice little bombshell to drop right before leaving. Not to mention that, with his connection to joy and hope, it would make sense that he'd want to leave an encouraging prophesy for those who must sit out the winter.
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Re: Prophecy Origin

Post by HermitoftheNorthernMarch » Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:06 pm

Tooky, that would be neat if Father Christmas had left the prophecy

(What if Jadis had actually taken over Narnia on Christmas? Then it would be always winter and always Christmas! Yay!)
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