The connection between ‘Frozen’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ that almost no one knows

In “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”, the first book in the “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, by the Irish author CS Lewiswe are introduced to Pedro, Susana, Edmundo and Lúcia Pevensie, siblings who are transported to a magical world after entering a wardrobe.

In the new universe, the quartet ends up being pursued by Jadis, the White Witch, who wants to kill the brothers to prevent the ancient prophecy from coming true, so she can become the great queen of Narnia and defeat Aslan.

As explained by YouTuber Felipe BarbosaJadis’ story is inspired by the archetype of the Snow Queen, a character present in countless European folk tales with origins in Norse mythology, including the famous tale “The Snow Queen”, from 1844, released by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

The Snow Queen

In Hans’ plot, starring the characters Kai and Gerda, a dwarf wizard creates a mirror responsible for revisiting all of someone’s worst flaws. To spread evil, man breaks the object and sends its pieces throughout the world, spreading discord.

One day, before going to sleep, Kai is hit by one of the fragments in the eyes and heart, becoming a terrible person. While walking through the streets that were covered in snow, he is captured by the Snow Queen, a woman he only knew through stories told by her grandmother, and disappears for days.

Gerda, realizing her friend’s disappearance, decides to look for him, and finds him abandoned in a frozen lake, next to the queen’s ice castle. When they meet again, the pair hug and cry together, with the tears being what was necessary for the shards of glass to come off the boy, and Kai to be freed from the spell.

The friends then manage to escape the castle, being guided to their homes by a deer that was waiting for them outside. However, upon arriving at their homes, Kai and Gerda realize that they were no longer children, but adults.

Second Philippein “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”, the moment in which Jadis seduces Edmund and imprisons him in her ice castle to try to attract his brothers was entirely influenced by the scene in which the Queen of Narnia Snow also traps Kai in the original story.

Nowadays, the tale popularized by Hans Christian Andersen it was adapted by Disney into “Frozen”, becoming one of the most popular and profitable animated franchises in the world.