
Shift disguised Puzzle the donkey in a lion's skin and kept him in a stable, claiming that Aslan had become very angry with the Narnians and would only speak to them through Shift. Along with Ginger the duplicitous cat and other treacherous Narnians, Shift and the leading Calormene Rishda Tarkaan concocted a story that Aslan and Tash were the same figure, known as Tashlan (this also helped to justify the Calormene invasion in the first place).

In an effort to gain power and authority over the Narnians, Shift the scheming ape helped to mastermind a Calormene invasion of Narnia. However, for the rest of his life Rabadash was not to go more than ten miles from the temple, or he would become a donkey again with no chance of return.īy the time of The Last Battle, many Narnians had begun to doubt that Aslan was as genuinely powerful as many of the old stories claimed, since he had not appeared in Narnia for a long time.

Ritual human sacrifice was apparently commonplace in the Temple of Tash, and the name of Tash was frequently invoked in oaths and accompanied by exclamations.


Tash arrives in the woods of Narnia.The Temple of Tash located in Tashbaan contained a stone statue of the deity, overlaid with gold and with diamonds for eyes. They kill men on his altar." ―A lamb, talking about Tash. They say he has four arms and the head of a vulture.
