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352: 440:. She had ordered him and the other Narnians to hand over any Sons of Adam or Daughters of Eve - humans - should they ever encounter any in Narnia. Tumnus, despite fearing that the Witch will find out and is likely to punish him severely if he disobeys her orders, quickly realises that he cannot bring himself to give up Lucy to the Witch, so he guides her back to the lamp-post to see that she returns safely to her own world. 1188: 1198: 63: 577: 165: 22: 443:
When Lucy returns to Narnia a few days later, Tumnus is still safe: evidently the White Witch has not discovered his disobedience. However, Lucy's brother Edmund has also entered Narnia and mentions to the White Witch that his sister had visited Narnia before and met a faun - even though he does not
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which involves harbouring spies and fraternizing with humans. Tumnus had spoken to Mr Beaver of his fears not long before his arrest and asked him to guide the four children if he found them in Narnia. The children meet Mr Beaver just after leaving Tumnus's ransacked cave.
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Tumnus first appears when Lucy arrives in Narnia at the lamp post. He invites her back to his cave for tea, during which, they talk about Narnia, including its glorious past which gave way to endless winter. Tumnus plays an evocative tune on his
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is preparing an army to take on the White Witch, Lucy and Susan find Tumnus petrified as a statue in the Witch's castle, and he is restored by Aslan. He follows the other Narnians to the battle as the Witch is defeated and killed.
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Years later, he is the one who tells the Kings and Queens that the White Stag has been spotted near his home. Their hunt for it leads to their disappearance from Narnia and the end of the Golden Age.
851: 549: 316: 412:, all came to him from a single picture he had in his head of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels through a snowy wood. Tumnus thus became the initial inspiration for the entire Narnia series. 912: 553:, Tumnus has light skin, blue eyes, brown legs, and a stubbly little tail. In this film, he is the character that crowns the four Pevensie children at Cair Paravel. He was portrayed by actor 899: 891: 881: 815: 799: 507: 804: 518: 1227: 1168: 917: 1222: 1242: 936: 875: 533: 784: 1232: 842: 1173: 809: 731: 657: 384: 886: 307: 1247: 1191: 829: 637: 424:
legs with glossy black hair, a "strange but pleasant little face," a long tail, and being "only a little taller than Lucy herself."
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Lewis describes Tumnus as having reddish skin, curly hair, brown eyes, a short pointed beard, horns on his forehead, cloven hooves,
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When Lucy and her siblings subsequently come to Narnia some time afterwards, they find that Tumnus has been arrested by
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and becomes her first friend in the kingdom. Lewis wrote that the first Narnia story,
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adaptations, and by Norman Bird in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Later in the story, when the winter has come to an end and
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James McAvoy
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