Aslan telling the children that he has a different name in their world;
Poul Anderson's Father Axor telling Diana Crowfeather that he seeks evidence of the Universal Incarnation.
Anderson also transposes a familiar historical situation to a science fictional context in The Day Of Their Return:
the Terran Empire imposes direct rule on the planet Aeneas;
some Aeneans plan a military rebellion;
many expect the Return of the Ancients.
Reading about the religious and political situation in Judaea at the time of Jesus, I am reminded of how well Anderson conveyed this sense of Messianic expectation and social/political volatility.
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