Tash
Also known as Tash the Inexorable
The vulture-headed deity served in Calormen. During Narnia’s last days, cynical attempts to combine his name with Aslan’s are followed by Tash’s real appearance.
This encyclopedia follows the whole story. Plot details from all seven chronicles may appear below.
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In the chronicles
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The Horse and His Boy10 cited passages⌄
- Chapter III · paragraph 1
…, the son of Ardeeb Tisroc who was descended in a right line from the god Tash. My father is lord of the province of Calavar and is one who has the right of standing on his feet in his shoes…
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… Narnia and the castles and the great ships, till I said, 'In the name of Tash and Azaroth and Zardeenah Lady of the Night, I have a great wish to be in that country of Narnia.' 'O my mistre…
Open passage → - Chapter IV · paragraph 1
…every bit of that hill, up to the Tisroc's palace and the great temple of Tash at the top, was completely covered with buildings--terrace above terrace, street above street, zigzag roads or …
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 56
"Tash preserve us!" whispered Lasaraleen. "What shall we do if he comes in here. Can we hide?"
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 46
…in Calormen. Now go. Be swift, secret, and fortunate. May the strength of Tash the inexorable, the irresistible be in your sword and lance."
Open passage → - Chapter X · paragraph 15
"By Tash!" said Aravis. "It's the army. It's Rabadash."
Open passage → - Chapter XI · paragraph 30
…ging back when we come to the gates shall be burned alive. In the name of Tash the irresistible, the inexorable--forward!"
Open passage → - Chapter XIII · paragraph 34
…nd sound--very grand and very dreadful as he jumped, crying, "The bolt of Tash falls from above." But he had to jump sideways because the crowd in front of him left him no landing place in t…
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 25
…ten the world a thousand years hence. Beware! Beware! Beware! The bolt of Tash falls from above!"
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 32
…enemy of the gods. Learn who I am, horrible phantasm. I am descended from Tash, the inexorable, the irresistible. The curse of Tash is upon you. Lightning in the shape of scorpions shall be …
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The Last Battle18 cited passages⌄
- Chapter III · paragraph 25
…risoners. By our skill and courage and by the permission of the great god Tash we have taken alive these two desperate murderers."
Open passage → - Chapter III · paragraph 50
…hat have we to do with the Calormenes? We belong to Aslan. They belong to Tash. They have a god called Tash. They say he has four arms and the head of a vulture. They kill Men on his altar. …
Open passage → - Chapter IV · paragraph 30
…ble thoughts went through his mind: then he remembered the nonsense about Tash and Aslan being the same and knew that the whole thing must be a cheat.
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 3
"By the great god Tash, they are very obedient," said Tirian. Then suddenly he turned to the Dwarfs themselves. About one in six of th…
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 54
…o know exactly what we both meant to-day about Aslan meaning no more than Tash.' 'Doubtless, most sagacious of cats,' says the other, 'you have perceived my meaning.' 'You mean,' says Ginger…
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 5
…st to the Tisroc's court in Tashbaan. He took me into the great temple of Tash. There I saw it, carved above the altar."
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 6
"Then that--that thing--was Tash?" said Eustace.
Open passage → - Chapter IX · paragraph 35
And Tirian heard all this and thought "But what about Tash?" and felt in his bones that none of it was going to happen. But he didn't say so.
Open passage → - Chapter X · paragraph 23
…ink," said Jill "It might be ... you know ... that horrid thing we saw?" "Tash himself?" whispered Tirian. "There's no knowing. But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true As…
Open passage → - Chapter X · paragraph 44
… the blood of the Tarkaans even as thou art, and I also am the servant of Tash. Therefore...."
Open passage → - Chapter XI · paragraph 12
… all in we will put fire to it and make them an offering to the great god Tash."
Open passage → - Chapter XI · paragraph 13
"Ha!" said Farsight to himself. "So that is how he hopes to win Tash's pardon for his unbelief."
Open passage → - Chapter XII · paragraph 13
"Throw them into the shrine of Tash," said Rishda Tarkaan.
Open passage → - Chapter XII · paragraph 15
"These also are for thy burnt offering, Lord Tash."
Open passage → - Chapter XIII · paragraph 35
…pare others. But at the very moment when the door opened, all of a sudden Tash was there, on this side of the door; none of us saw where he came from. And through the door there came a big C…
Open passage → - Chapter XIII · paragraph 37
…o scare the other Animals. But what Shift never guessed was that the real Tash would turn up; so Ginger came out really frightened. And after that, Shift would send in anyone he wanted to ge…
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 1
…hen I found we must wait upon a monkey, and when it began to be said that Tash and Aslan were one, then the world became dark in my eyes. For always since I was a boy, I have served Tash and…
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 2
…ceived by the Ape: for this thing that comes out of the stable is neither Tash nor any other god. But when I watched the Tarkaan's face, and marked every word that he said to the Monkey, the…
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