tash

 

Tash was the demonic chief god of the national religion of Calormen and was depicted as having many arms and bird-like. He was, in particular, the patron god of the ruling class- the Calormene capital was named Tashbaan and the Tisrocs, Tarkaans and Tarkheenas claimed descent from Tash. The worship of Tash was the only formal religion depicted in the World of Narnia. There were temples to Tash, Calormenes regularly used ritual phrases such as 'Tash the inexorable, the irresistible' and 'Tash preserve us', and he was the only being referred to by characters as a god.