The Witch And Cair Paravel: LWW Movie And Book Spoilers

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In both the movie and the book, when Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy were
at the Beavers', they were told
that it had long been foretold that 2 Sons of Adam and 2 Daughters of
Eve would defeat the White Witch and sit on the four thrones at Cair
Paravel. The White Witch knew of the prophecy, so she ordered her
subjects to inform her of any humans they found skulking in the woods,
and when Edmund showed up, she asked him to bring his brother and two
sisters to her so that she could kill them and abort the prophecy. Why
didn't she simply send her giants to smash those four thrones and the
entire castle so that no one could sit in them to fulfill the prophecy
about Adam's flesh and bone sitting in those thrones?

Page 38 of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe": Chapter 8: What
happened after dinner: Mr. Beaver quotes the prophecy: "When Adam's
flesh and Adam's bone Sits at Cair Paravel in throne, The evil time will
be over and done.". Logic dictates that if Cair Paravel were to be
destroyed by the Witch's giants, Adam's flesh and bone would not be able
to sit at Cair Paravel in throne, so that the witch would be able to
rule forever!

Prophecies are tricky things. Note: she could have killed Edmund right
off then there wouldn't be two sons of adam and two daughters of eve.
The prophecy itself doesn't require 4, nor does it require the old
thrones. Prophecy has a way of working things out unexpectedly and the
Incarnation is a good example.

Daryl