Who or what was that water giant that Aslan called forth?

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In the movie Aslan facing the Telemarines at the bridge roars and brings forth some sort of water giant who or what was this giant? Am I the only one that thinks he had a resemblance to Christ? Sort off anyway...
 
That was the river god. Sort of like the spirit of that specific river. The books specifically talk about river "gods" so it's logical that rivers had their gods. And no, it didn't look like Jesus. Jeeze, if everything with a beard looked like Jesus, the Copperfox does too. And who says that Jesus had a beard? Anyway, this has already been discussed in the following thread:

http://www.narniafans.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25619
 
I'm sure the assumption that Jesus had a beard is because most Hebrews/Jews had beards as adults...so that's probably just a cultural assumption. (and did you know that Jeeze is the slang for Jesus?)

I didn't think he looked anything like Jesus. Just look like an old(er) man made of water. lol.
 
No matter how it's spelled, it's still a slang of Jesus. i.e. taking the Lord's name in vain. My sister uses it, and I hate it because she was raised by a pastor, she should know better. :mad: in fact every "Christian" should watch what they say, especially that.

Now, I kind of missed the fact that the River god didn't actually "break" his chains...I liked the bridge and all, but I liked the idea of the stone bridge in the book where it was more dramatic. ;)
 
Aravis Kenobi said:
No matter how it's spelled, it's still a slang of Jesus. i.e. taking the Lord's name in vain. My sister uses it, and I hate it because she was raised by a pastor, she should know better. :mad: in fact every "Christian" should watch what they say, especially that.
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Yes I know, but it's come to mean a feeling of contempt, not a slang word. Like "gosh" was originally slang for "God"... "gay" originally meant "happy," "queer" originally meant "strange," "fag" originally meant "a log," and "gosh-darn-it" was slang for "god-da**-it."

So... not to be condescending, I just don't think it's wrong to say "gosh" or "geez" simply because they don't mean what they did anymore. Those meanings are archaic. But I do agree that taking the Lord's name in vain is a serious offense to *points upward*. :rolleyes:
 
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I think the river god was supposed to resemble Neptune/Poseidon, the Roman/Greek god of the seas. Neptune had a beard as well.

As for what Jesus looked like, I wonder if the European painters didn't sometimes refer back to classical mythological art to give Jesus his look. Truth is no one has any idea what Jesus looked like although forensic antropologists have used a skull from around the time to recreate the typical man from Jesus' time and location. It looks nothing like the images we see today.

Regarding taking names in vain, Golly Gee Willikers would also be taking Jesus' name in vain. Same with Gee Whiz! Some terms have come so far that they no longer resemble or come close to representing their original meaning. Gees is one of those. Today, it is just a polite word to take the place of a curse word.

MrBob
 
Hahahaha!! You boys and girls are funny!

But back on topic: No. I don't think that that dude resembled Jesus at all. It did however, resembled "a god" as they are usually depicted in mythology.
 
Come to think about original meanings (Look out, here comes Thesaurus Rex!) the word "god" used to refer to a class of supernatural entities with powers comes from an Old English word for "that which is called upon." In other words any power that will come to your assistance. Which the river god did.

I doubt there is a man, woman or child in all of Nashville that wouldn't know who I meant if I said, "The President is giving a press conference tonight." But it's a title, not a name. And while we debate if the ancient Hebrew personal name of God is "Yahweh", "Alpha N. Omega", or whatnot, it's almost certainly not "God." Still in profanity using the title that means The Whosit Himself is the same as knowing what God's middle initial stands for...
 
I thought the river god looked like Trumpkin to be honest. If you look at his face and look at Trumpkin's face they look pretty similar. :D
 
I've always seen it as: 1) The trees are sentient, the animals are sentient, and so the water is too. Everything in Narnia is teeming with real, actual life, not simply existence. 2) A parallel to Exodus. It was a personification of God's wrath on the Egyptian army.
 
I was also thinking Triton as well. But that could be off since I don't know or remember if that River god had fins lol and being that it was a river god.
 
Jive Professor said:
I've always seen it as: 1) The trees are sentient, the animals are sentient, and so the water is too. Everything in Narnia is teeming with real, actual life, not simply existence. 2) A parallel to Exodus. It was a personification of God's wrath on the Egyptian army.
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The Egyptian Army! That's an idea I hadn't thought about! Certainly does seem like a parallel!
 
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