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| Tash | |
|---|---|
| Narnia character | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Calormen_god_Tash.jpeg) Tash the inexorable, the irresistible, as illustrated by Pauline Baynes in The Last Battle | |
| In-universe information | |
| Race | Deity |
| Family | the Tisrocs and Tarkaans and Tarkheenas (claim descendants) |
| Children | The first Tisroc (Claimed) |
| Nationality | Calormen |
Tash is a fictional deity and demonic god, found in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series. He is an antagonist in the novels The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle.
Tash is the patron god of the ruling class of Calormen. The Calormene capital is named Tashbaan, and the Tisrocs and Tarkaans and Tarkheenas all claim descent from Tash. The worship of Tash is the only formal religion depicted in the world of Narnia, except that the people of Narnia honour the memory of Aslan, a great lion who was killed and returned from the dead many generations before. There are temples to Tash, Calormenes regularly use ritual phrases such as "Tash the inexorable, the irresistible" and "Tash preserve us", and he is the only being referred to by any character in the books as a god. At the end of the series, Tash is revealed as the antithesis of Aslan (who represents Jesus), and appears as a terrible demon, with a skeletal, humanoid body, a vulture-like head, and four taloned arms.