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Les ennemis de Narnia

Tash, the god of the Calormenes

The cruel god of Calormen, with a vulture’s head and four arms, who actually appears in The Last Battle when one calls upon him without believing.

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Espèce
Divinity / demon
Nom original
Tash
Autres noms
Tash the Inexorable, the Inevitable
Origine
Narnia (world)
Nationalité
Calormen
Famille
Claimed ancestor of the Tisrocs
Première apparition
The Horse and His Boy (mentioned); appears in The Last Battle, ch. 8
A shadowy figure with the head of a vulture glides above the trees
The Shadow of Tash

En bref

Tash is the chief god of Calormen. The capital, Tashbaan, is named after him ; the Tisrocks and high nobles claim descent from him. His worship requires sacrifices, including human ones. He is depicted with the head of a vulture and four arms.

View and analysis

Tash is the opposite of Aslan. Aslan is a lion, a being of flesh and warmth ; Tash is a shadow that withers the grass. Aslan’s followers love him ; those of Tash fear him. The book also contains an important reflection on salvation : Aslan tells Emeth that all good and true service done to Tash redounds to him, because Tash and he are opposites, and all cruel service done in his name redounds to Tash. This idea has been variously discussed by theologians and readers (see the Emeth sheet).

Dans les livres

Son histoire dans les livres (révèle l’intrigue)

In the books

  • The Horse and His Boy : Tash is mostly invoked. Rabadash must regain human form in his temple.
  • The Last Battle : Shift and the Calormenes invent “Tashlan,” a single god who would be both Tash and Aslan. Rishda Tarkaan and the Cat do not believe in either. But by calling him so often, they bring him into being. A grey, icy, and stinking form with a vulture’s head passes through Narnia to the north. Tash enters the stable, seizes Rishda, and is driven out by High King Peter in the name of Aslan.

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  • La statue de Tash dans le grand temple
    La statue de Tash dans le grand temple

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Tash

He is the god of the Calormenes. Cruel and powerful, he demands human sacrifices from his followers. He resembles a diabolical bird with a vulture’s head, four arms, and twenty fingers. He symbolizes pure evil. He will enter Narnia and sow fear in *The Last Battle*.

Appearance in the books

*The Last Battle*

Tashlan

Shift the ape and the Cat Puzzle confused the Narnians by claiming that Tash and Aslan were actually the same being.

Appearance in the books

"The Last Battle"

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