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Question about a character

posted 19 years ago by JazzyTee
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I have this movie somewhere but I don't know where it is now.
I recently saw the commercial for the new movie coming out and I saw the half human half...I forget what amimal.
I think I remember when I used to watch this something bad happened to him? I think I cried sometimes or if he cried in the film...I have no idea.
Would anyone mind telling me what happens between this character and the children?

-Jasmine(formerly mlkchoklatecocoa)
http://www.myspace.com/noticeme

[–] redchief2001 19 years ago

I think you're talking about Mr Tumnus, who was a satyr and carried lots of parcels. As far as I can remember he got turned to stone, but was alright again at the end so you can stop crying now.

[–] JazzyTee 19 years ago

Hah, It was back when I was seven but thanks anyway.
Just curious.

-Jasmine(formerly mlkchoklatecocoa)
http://www.myspace.com/noticeme

[–] orange_peas 19 years ago

He was a faun actually.
Half man, half goat.

Satyrs are something different. They are the guard-type creatures that stand either side of Aslan.

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[–] redchief2001 19 years ago

I think fauns and satyrs are the same thing, it's just one is from Roman mythology and the other Greek, but yes, now you say it I think they do specifically refer to him as a faun in the book.

[–] RandomPrince 19 years ago

I'm pretty sure satyrs are like fauns but the other way around, so they have the goat's head.

[–] redchief2001 19 years ago

I've just looked it up and they're exactly the same. It's not a case of bottom half goat, top half human or the other way around, they're an amalgamation of goat and man, so they have the legs of a goat with a mostly human head but goat ears and horns.

[–] RandomPrince 19 years ago

Ok, it's just that in the new Narnia movie the satyrs had goat heads. I guess that kind of thing is open to interpretation.

[–] redchief2001 19 years ago

I've not seen the new film, but yes, I suppose messing around with something that never existed in the first place isn't the greatest crime in the world.