The Lion King And Religion by Samantha Vincent
Baptism: In Christianity, Baptism is a religious ceremony that symbolizes the new life in Christ and the washing away of sin's. During this ritual a priest pours Holy water on an individuals head to symbolize a new life in Christ. In the movie " The Lion King" , the ceremony of baptism involves Rafiki taking Simba into his arms and shaking gourd over his head. Next, Rafiki cracks open the gourd and splotches the gourd all over Simba's forehead, and he also shakes dust on Simba. To end the ceremony , Simba is raised high in the air for the kingdom to see. All of the kingdom bow's and cheers and God welcome's Simba into the world by shinning a light down on Simba from heaven.
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Sacrificial Love:
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Sacrificial love is one of the main theme's in Disney's "The Lion King". Uncle Scar put's Simba's life in dangerous situation's, where it is up to Mufasa to put his own life in danger to save his son , Simba. The first incident happened when uncle Scar told Simba and Nala that there is an elephant graveyard that they shouldn't go to because it is dangerous. Simba and Nala end up getting themselves in trouble because they decide not to listen. When they arrive at the elephant graveyard, there are hyena's that Scar sent after them. Mufasa shows up and puts his own life in danger by saving Simba and Nala from the hynea's. For Scar's last attempt of trying to kill Simba and Mufasa he get's his hynea's to chase a heard towards Simba causing a stampede. Scar inform's Mufasa that Simba's life is in danger, so Mufasa rushes to the stampede and rescue's Simba but end's up dying because Scar throws Mufasa back into the stampede to die. These, are two models of sacrificial love because Mufasa ends up dying trying to save Simba.