Power of Myth:
The creation of Narnia in The Magician's Nephew is a myth that is powerful and believable because it draws upon elements from the Biblical account of God's creation of life to explain it. The myth is powerful because we connect the beginning of Narnia with something many see as fact, which is he Biblical account of the beginning of the world. The similarities between Aslan's song that awakens the land and God's seven-day handiwork that breathes life to the world make the Narnia-creation story seem believable, because it is compared to a story that followers of Christ believe to be fact.
The first part of the landscape Aslan created in Narnia, from The Magician's Nephew, are trees. The Inklings saw great power in the discourse over trees, seeing them as a symbol for growth and the beginning of life. I think that adding the creation of trees specifically, seen in "The Founding of Narnia" from The Magician's Nephew, brings power to the myth because readers can relate the symbol of trees to the abundant growth of life, and connects how trees represent the birth and death of all living things, enhancing the credibility of Narnia as a coherent life-world similar to our own.
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