The Narnia story of Easter

CS Lewis retells the Easter story in a fantast setting in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The great lion Aslan, creator of Narnia and the son of the Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea offers himself up in sacrifice, a willing, innocent victim, in return for the life of traitorous Edmund. Aslan is killed by the White Witch and all the forces of evil, but because he is a willing sacrifice, "death starts to work backwards" and Aslan's life is restored.