Narnian ChroniclesA local companion
Place

Wood between the Worlds

Also known as Wood Between the Worlds, the Wood

A quiet wood dotted with pools, each a passage to another world. Its dreamlike calm lies outside ordinary worlds and makes it a hub for travel by magic ring.

This encyclopedia follows the whole story. Plot details from all seven chronicles may appear below.

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Primary sources

In the chronicles

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The Magician's Nephew13 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter III · paragraph 4After Digory had looked at the wood for a long time he noticed that there was a girl lying on her back at the foot of a tree a few yards away. Her …Open passage →
  2. Chapter III · paragraph 49"The Wood between the Worlds," said Polly dreamily. "It sounds rather nice."Open passage →
  3. Chapter IV · paragraph 13…-thump of their own hearts. This place was at least as quiet as the quiet Wood between the Worlds. But it was a different kind of quietness. The silence of the Wood had been rich and warm (you could almost hea…Open passage →
  4. Chapter VI · paragraph 3…n their heads came out of the pool and, once more, the sunny quietness of the Wood between the Worlds was all about them, and it seemed richer and warmer and more peaceful than ever after the st…Open passage →
  5. Chapter VI · paragraph 5Now that you saw her in the wood, Queen Jadis looked different. She was much paler than she had been; so pale that hardly any of her beauty was …Open passage →
  6. Chapter VII · paragraph 16…If I can only touch her and then slip on my yellow, we shall both go into the Wood between the Worlds. I wonder will she go all faint again there? Was that something the place does to her, or wa…Open passage →
  7. Chapter VII · paragraph 18…feet wet in a pool of water, and that the pool was in a wood. Asked where the wood was, she said she didn't know. Asked if it was in one of the parks, she said truthfully enough that she suppose…Open passage →
  8. Chapter VIII · paragraph 12… say anything more, their heads came out into the warm, green sunshine of the wood. And as they stepped out of the pool Polly cried out:Open passage →
  9. Chapter VIII · paragraph 14As soon as the Witch saw that she was once more in the wood she turned pale and bent down till her face touched the mane of the horse. You could see she felt deadly sick. …Open passage →
  10. Chapter IX · paragraph 34In a few minutes Digory came to the edge of the wood and there he stopped. The Lion was singing still. But now the song had once more changed. It was more like what…Open passage →
  11. Chapter X · paragraph 2Out of the trees wild people stepped forth, gods and goddesses of the wood; with them came Fauns and Satyrs and Dwarfs. Out of the river rose the river god with his Naiad daughters. And …Open passage →
  12. Chapter XIII · paragraph 2The low early sunshine was streaming through the wood and the grass was grey with dew and the cobwebs were like silver. Just beside them was a little, very dark-wood…Open passage →
  13. Chapter XV · paragraph 1…Aslan. The children blinked and looked about them. They were once more in the Wood between the Worlds; Uncle Andrew lay on the grass, still asleep; Aslan stood beside them.Open passage →
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe18 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter I · paragraph 25…Lucy. She began to walk forward, crunch-crunch, over the snow and through the wood towards the other light.Open passage →
  2. Chapter II · paragraph 21And so Lucy found herself walking through the wood arm in arm with this strange creature as if they had known one another all their lives.Open passage →
  3. Chapter II · paragraph 41…ld you believe that I'm the sort of Faun to meet a poor innocent child in the wood, one that had never done me any harm, and pretend to be friendly with it, and invite it home to my cave, all fo…Open passage →
  4. Chapter III · paragraph 26…at country. There was not even a robin or a squirrel among the trees, and the wood stretched as far as he could see in every direction. He shivered.Open passage →
  5. Chapter III · paragraph 32…nd had almost made up his mind to go home, when he heard, very far off in the wood, a sound of bells. He listened and the sound came nearer and nearer and at last there swept into sight a sledge…Open passage →
  6. Chapter IV · paragraph 34… only to find the lamp-post and look for those two hills and walk through the wood till you reach my house. You had better keep the river on your right when you get to it. But remember--you must…Open passage →
  7. Chapter IV · paragraph 39…me, and looking round he saw Lucy coming towards him from another part of the wood.Open passage →
  8. Chapter V · paragraph 2…h the wardrobe. Edmund and I both got in. We met one another in there, in the wood. Go on, Edmund; tell them all about it."Open passage →
  9. Chapter V · paragraph 24…ral, I'd say the same as Peter, but this couldn't be true--all this about the wood and the Faun."Open passage →
  10. Chapter VI · paragraph 16"Do?" said Peter, "why, go and explore the wood, of course."Open passage →
  11. Chapter VI · paragraph 24…e had forgotten for the moment that he must pretend never to have been in the wood before. The moment the words were out of his mouth he realised that he had given himself away. Everyone stopped…Open passage →
  12. Chapter VIII · paragraph 23…n!" said Mr. Beaver sternly. "Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea. Don't you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion--the…Open passage →
  13. Chapter IX · paragraph 17…peak, "my name is Edmund, and I'm the Son of Adam that Her Majesty met in the wood the other day and I've come to bring her the news that my brother and sisters are now in Narnia--quite close, i…Open passage →
  14. Chapter XIV · paragraph 4…outline two plans of battle--one for fighting the Witch and her people in the wood and another for assaulting her castle. And all the time he was advising Peter how to conduct the operations, sa…Open passage →
  15. Chapter XIV · paragraph 25…ere the trees began, they saw the Lion slowly walking away from them into the wood. Without a word they both followed him.Open passage →
  16. Chapter XV · paragraph 4As soon as the wood was silent again Susan and Lucy crept out into the open hill-top. The moon was getting low and thin clouds were…Open passage →
  17. Chapter XV · paragraph 17In the wood behind them a bird gave a chuckling sound. It had been so still for hours and hours that it startled them. Then…Open passage →
  18. Chapter XVI · paragraph 36…eered, and the newcomers roared, and the enemy squealed and gibbered till the wood re-echoed with the din of that onset.Open passage →
The Horse and His Boy3 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter II · paragraph 31"It sounds like another horse--between us and the wood," said Shasta after he had listened for about a minute.Open passage →
  2. Chapter III · paragraph 37…ing, far to their right across the sea. Aravis went a few steps away into the wood and came back looking odd in her new, ragged clothes and carrying her real ones in a bundle. These, and her arm…Open passage →
  3. Chapter XII · paragraph 31…he Dwarf half led and half supported Shasta at a great speed further into the wood and a little downhill. It was a longer walk than Shasta wanted at that moment and his legs had begun to feel ve…Open passage →
Prince Caspian16 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter I · paragraph 15…much brighter, and after a few steps they found themselves at the edge of the wood, looking down on a sandy beach. A few yards away a very calm sea was falling on the sand with such tiny ripples…Open passage →
  2. Chapter I · paragraph 30…ed again they set out along the shore with the sea on their left hand and the wood on their right. Except for an occasional seagull it was a very quiet place. The wood was so thick and tangled t…Open passage →
  3. Chapter II · paragraph 35…g the orchard outside the north gate of Cair Paravel? The greatest of all the wood-people, Pomona herself, came to put good spells on it. It was those very decent little chaps the moles who did …Open passage →
  4. Chapter II · paragraph 51"But the wood's all rotten," said Edmund. "We can pull it to bits in no time, and it will make extra firewood. Come on."Open passage →
  5. Chapter III · paragraph 16…r faces were bearded and hard. The children drew back from the beach into the wood and watched without moving a finger.Open passage →
  6. Chapter IV · paragraph 73… are full of ghosts. And the Kings and great men, hating both the sea and the wood, partly believe these stories, and partly encourage them. They feel safer if no one in Narnia dares to go down …Open passage →
  7. Chapter VI · paragraph 29…It was like flutes. He saw that Trufflehunter was sitting up staring into the wood. The moon was bright; Caspian had been asleep longer than he thought. Nearer and nearer came the music, a tune …Open passage →
  8. Chapter VII · paragraph 35…to underground life can be lodged in the caves. The rest of us can lie in the wood. At a pinch all of us (except this worthy Giant) could retreat into the Mound itself, and there we should be be…Open passage →
  9. Chapter VII · paragraph 38…mpany arriving. And though Miraz's men may have been afraid of going into the wood, they were even more afraid of Miraz, and with him in command they carried battle deeply into it and sometimes …Open passage →
  10. Chapter IX · paragraph 7… of all. She would be a gracious goddess, smooth and stately, the lady of the wood.Open passage →
  11. Chapter IX · paragraph 9…stling died away. The nightingale resumed its song. Even in the moonlight the wood looked more ordinary again. Yet Lucy had the feeling (as you sometimes have when you are trying to remember a n…Open passage →
  12. Chapter X · paragraph 3…raid of being forced too far out of their course and losing themselves in the wood. It was an old and pathless forest, and you could not keep anything like a straight course in it. Patches of ho…Open passage →
  13. Chapter X · paragraph 19… all right," said Trumpkin, drawing a deep breath. "They're not searching the wood. Only sentries, I expect. But it means that Miraz has an outpost down there. Bottles and battledores! though, i…Open passage →
  14. Chapter XIII · paragraph 21…g their teeth after breakfast, looked up and saw coming down to them from the wood the Centaur and Giant Wimbleweather, whom they had seen before in battle, and between them a figure they could …Open passage →
  15. Chapter XIV · paragraph 1…two o'clock Trumpkin and the Badger sat with the rest of the creatures at the wood's edge looking across at the gleaming line of Miraz's army which was about two arrow-shots away. In between, a …Open passage →
  16. Chapter XIV · paragraph 40… on something behind them, and then flung down their weapons, shrieking, "The Wood! The Wood! The end of the world!"Open passage →
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader6 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter V · paragraph 24…ersation died away behind him and how very silent and warm and dark green the wood became. Soon he felt he could venture on a quicker and more determined stride.Open passage →
  2. Chapter V · paragraph 25This soon brought him out of the wood. The ground began sloping steeply up in front of him. The grass was dry and slippery but manageable if he used …Open passage →
  3. Chapter VI · paragraph 50…ent later they were marching. It grew lighter as they came to the edge of the wood. And there on the sand, like a giant lizard, or a flexible crocodile, or a serpent with legs, huge and horrible…Open passage →
  4. Chapter VII · paragraph 15… he would slink away from the camp and lie curled up like a snake between the wood and the water. On such occasions, greatly to his surprise, Reepicheep was his most constant comforter. The nobl…Open passage →
  5. Chapter VII · paragraph 17…d presently he thought he saw a dark figure moving on the seaward side of the wood. The idea that at once occurred to his mind was, "Are we so sure there are no natives on this island after all?…Open passage →
  6. Chapter XV · paragraph 7…down there," thought Lucy, "that streak would be just like a road through the wood. And that place where it joins the other would be a crossroads. Oh, I do wish I was. Hallo! the forest is comin…Open passage →
The Silver Chair4 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter II · paragraph 6The wood was so still that it was not difficult to decide where the sound was coming from. It grew clearer every moment …Open passage →
  2. Chapter V · paragraph 31…hing of them, if you two could try to light the fire--no harm trying----! The wood's behind the wigwam. It may be wet. You could light it inside the wigwam, and then we'd get all the smoke in ou…Open passage →
  3. Chapter V · paragraph 32…n his last adventure. The children ran back together to the wigwam, found the wood (which was perfectly dry) and succeeded in lighting a fire with rather less than the usual difficulty. Then Scr…Open passage →
  4. Chapter XVI · paragraph 62He led them rapidly through the wood, and before they had gone many paces, the wall of Experiment House appeared before them. Then Aslan roared so t…Open passage →
The Last Battle10 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter I · paragraph 1…w Talking Beasts or Men or Dwarfs, or people of any sort, in that part of the wood, but Shift had one friend and neighbour who was a donkey called Puzzle. At least they both said they were frien…Open passage →
  2. Chapter II · paragraph 23…their heads to listen to a wailing sound that was quickly drawing nearer. The wood was so thick to the west of them that they could not see the newcomer yet. But they could soon hear the words.Open passage →
  3. Chapter IV · paragraph 4…p but none of them spoke. Soon they had all gone and there was silence in the wood. Then hours and hours went past and Tirian became first very thirsty and then very hungry; and as the afternoon…Open passage →
  4. Chapter IV · paragraph 18"And you think it is really Aslan who is killing the Wood-Nymphs and making you all slaves to the King of Calormen?"Open passage →
  5. Chapter V · paragraph 1… bump, and then a second bump, and two children were standing before him. The wood in front of him had been quite empty a second before and he knew they had not come from behind his tree, for he…Open passage →
  6. Chapter V · paragraph 47… like anything indoors and set one shivering. But they got warm gathering the wood--the sun was now at its highest--and when once the blaze was roaring up the chimney the place began to look che…Open passage →
  7. Chapter VI · paragraph 9All round them the wood was very quiet. Indeed it was far too quiet. On an ordinary Narnian night there ought to have been noises--an o…Open passage →
  8. Chapter VII · paragraph 48…r, whichever you choose to call it. Tirian went a little further off into the wood with an axe and brought back some branches for fuel. While the meal was cooking--which seemed a very long time,…Open passage →
  9. Chapter IX · paragraph 5… loosed me from the tree: you glided before me like a snake last night in the wood and took Puzzle: and you, Eustace, killed your man. But you are too young to share in such a bloody end as we o…Open passage →
  10. Chapter XIII · paragraph 27"But did I not come in out of the wood into the Stable? Whereas this seems to be a door leading from nowhere to nowhere."Open passage →
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ObjectMagic rings

Yellow and green rings made by Uncle Andrew from material connected to Atlantis.

→PlaceCharn

A dying world whose ruined capital is discovered by Digory and Polly.

→CharacterDigory Kirke

A London boy whose attempt to save his mother leads him through the Wood between the Worlds and into the creation of Narnia.

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