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"Apparently, the one he serves has no name."
"Oh, he has a name. The likes of you are simply forbidden to know it."

―High Chancellor Travell and Tanith^[src]

Tanith was the name of the Goa'uld housed inside Chulakian priestess Shan'auc which soon matured. It chose to be named Tanith and was implanted in Hebron of Paraval. Unfortunately, in spite of Shan'auc's hopes that the Goa'uld were wrong, Tanith later fully emerged, taking complete control of Hebron's body before he murdered Shan'auc.

For the next two years, Tanith would become a huge thorn in the side of SG-1, particularly Teal'c up until Tanith's death at Teal'c's hands in 2002.

Biography

2000

Convinced that she had swayed the immature symbiote she carried to a new philosophy, Shan'auc of the Red Hills took this information to the Tok'ra to procure a willing host for it. As a former lover of Teal'c, Shan'auc offered hope that the Goa'uld threat might be lessened through such contact.

However, Tanith had been deceiving Shan'auc all along and after implantation, Tanith murdered her by crushing her new prim'ta, a fate that had befallen Teal'c's own father years before. The Tok'ra suspected Tanith's crime, however, they played along with Tanith, allowing the symbiote to maintain control of its host body as a means to disseminate disinformation to the Goa'uld. (SG1: "Crossroads")

The Tok'ra was able to use Tanith to intercept a transmission between Heru'ur and Apophis when they were setting up a meeting to negotiate an alliance. (SG1: "The Serpent's Venom")

2001

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Once Tanith's usefulness was over, the Tok'ra intended to extract Tanith from the host and leave the symbiote behind on Vorash for later retrieval by Apophis.

Unfortunately, their plan failed when Tanith, having been aware of their plan, decided to take matters into his own hands. He faked being dead before overthrowing two Tok'ra guards who had arrived in to investigate before escaping which also triggered a huge search for him with Teal'c leading the search.

File:Vlcsnap-2014-09-18-12h00m01s165.png

Tanith with a Goa'uld Long range visual communication device. From the Stargate SG-1 Season 4 finale episode, "Exodus".

On the hills of Vorash while hiding out of sight, Tanith retrieved a long-range communication device which he used to contact Apophis, informing the System Lord of the Tok'ra's location.

File:Vlcsnap-2014-09-18-12h15m54s219.png

Tanith meeting two of Apophis' Red Jaffa. From the Stargate SG-1 Season 4 finale episode, "Exodus".

A while later, Tanith ended up meeting with two of Apophis' Jaffa with one Jaffa stating that Apophis was grateful to Tanith for his service with Tanith stating there was one more thing Apophis could be grateful for.

With the help of Apophis' Jaffa, Tanith was able to capture Teal'c although he was left injured after Jack shot Tanith in the arm.

Once on Apophis' mothership, he used an Escape pod to flee the Vorash system before the sun went supernova.

File:Vlcsnap-2014-09-18-12h18m02s221.png

Tanith on Apophis' mothership. From the Stargate SG-1 Season 4 finale episode, "Exodus".

To prove his loyalty to Apophis, Tanith later presented Teal'c to Apophis as a "gift" and as a result, Apophis brainwashed Teal'c into becoming his First Prime once again which effectively also led the Jaffa to believe that he had been a spy for Apophis for nearly five years which was also the time Teal'c had been on SG-1 which effectively ended up turning Teal'c against his friends, Colonel Jack O'Neill, Major Samantha Carter and Dr. Daniel Jackson.

For an unknown reason, Tanith abandoned Apophis' ship in an escape pod before the supernova which he'd had no knowledge of occurred, effectively resulting in Tanith abandoning Apophis forever. (SG1: "Exodus", "Enemies")

After Apophis was killed, Tanith offered his services to a more powerful Goa'uld, Anubis. Arriving at Tollana with a mothership protected from the Tollan Ion cannons, Tanith forced this advanced culture to build powerful weapons that would penetrate solid matter such as the iris shield at Stargate Command in exchange for their continued survival. Tanith attacked the planet in the end, and a hurried transmission through the Tollan long-range communications device informed the Tau'ri that only a few Tollan had escaped and defenses were failing before cutting out completely. (SG1: "Between Two Fires")

2002

File:Tanith's death.jpg

Teal'c fires his staff cannon directly at Tanith.

Two years after Shan'auc's death, in 2002, Teal'c finally succeeded in avenging her when SG-1 was scouting a Goa'uld base on Memphis. He killed Tanith by shooting his Al'kesh' cockpit with a Staff cannon, causing it to crash right on top of the Dial Home Device as Teal'c was passing through the wormhole. The impact prematurely disengaged the transmission, leaving Teal'c's energy signature 'stalled' in the wormhole until the transmission could be continued. Emergency measures were taken, including borrowing the Russian DHD after a heartfelt plea from Dr. Daniel Jackson, to regenerate the transmission and retrieve Teal'c before another wormhole was established, thus saving the Jaffa's life. (SG1: "48 Hours")

Appearances

Appearances for Tanith
In chronological order: Stargate SG-1 Season 4 "Crossroads" "The Serpent's Venom" (Mentioned) "Exodus" Season 5 "Between Two Fires" "48 Hours"

Personality

Tanith was a sly, cunning and ruthless Goa'uld. He was also very sadistic, often mocking and tormenting his victims to some extent.

He also appeared to be a sadist when he mocked and tormented Teal'c over Shan'auc's murder.

Unlike his fellow Goa'uld, Tanith had no qualms or regrets over abandoning or deserting his current Goa'uld master, all for the sake of joining the service of another Goa'uld, one far more powerful. He was also deceptive and capable of double-crossing those who work for him which was demonstrated by his actions against the Tollan.

In addition, Tanith was psychopathic, displaying little or no remorse whatsoever for his crimes.

Despite his nature, Tanith, like many of his fellow Goa'uld, was arrogant and proud but not very smart, which eventually proved to be his key weakness and which eventually led to his downfall and death.

Notes

Stargate Wiki has a collection of images related to Tanith.

Like many underlords, Tanith has been seen using a silver hand device.

External links

Tanith in Kathleen Ritter's Lexicon.
GateWorld's article on Tanith in The Stargate Omnipedia
Tanith article on Stargate SG-1 Solutions' The StargateWiki
The mythological Tanith on Wikipedia

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 |image= [[File:Tanith in service of Anubis.jpg|250px]]
 |race= [[Goa'uld]]
-|gender= Asexual (male personality)
+|gender= Agender (Male Personality)
 |died= [[2002]]
 |rank= [[Underlord]]
 |home planet= [[Chulak]]
 |allegiances= [[Anubis]], ''formerly [[Apophis]]''
-|appearances= "[[Crossroads]]", "[[Exodus]]", "[[Between Two Fires]]", "[[48 Hours]]"
+|appearances= ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' <small>(5 episodes)</small>
 |actor= [[Peter Wingfield]]
 |}}
-{{quote|The [[Anubis|one]] I serve has a name, but you are not worthy to hear it.|Tanith}}
+{{quote|Apparently, [[Anubis|the one]] he serves has no name."<br>"Oh, he has a name. The likes of you are simply forbidden to know it.|[[High Chancellor]] [[Travell]] and Tanith|Between Two Fires}}
+'''Tanith''' was the name of the [[Goa'uld]] housed inside [[Chulakian]] priestess [[Shan'auc]] which soon matured. It chose to be named Tanith and was implanted in [[Hebron]] of [[Paraval]]. Unfortunately, in spite of Shan'auc's hopes that the Goa'uld were wrong, Tanith later fully emerged, taking complete control of Hebron's body before he murdered Shan'auc.
+For the next two years, Tanith would become a huge thorn in the side of SG-1, particularly [[Teal'c]] up until Tanith's death at Teal'c's hands in 2002.
-'''Tanith''' was the name of the [[Goa'uld]] housed inside [[Chulakian]] priestess [[Shan'auc]] which soon matured. It chose to be named Tanith, and was implanted in [[Hebron]] of [[Paraval]]. Shan'auc convinced it that the Goa'uld were wrong in their ways, and he played along until it took a host, where Tanith betrayed, and then killed her. Because of this, [[Teal'c]] became angry and soon vowed revenge for Shan'auc's death, finally doing so in [[2002]].
 ==Biography==
 ===2000===
-[[File:Tanith.jpg|thumb|left|Tanith attacks Shaun'ac]]
+[[File:Tanith.jpg|thumb|left|Tanith attacks Shan'auc]]
-Convinced that she had swayed the immature [[symbiote]] she carried to a new philosophy, [[Shan'auc of the Red Hills]] took this information to the [[Tok'ra]] to procure a willing host for it. As a former lover of [[Teal'c]], Shan'auc offered hope that the [[Goa'uld]] threat might be lessened through such contact. However, Tanith had been deceiving Shan'auc all along and after implantation, Tanith murdered her by crushing her new [[prim'ta]], a fate that had befallen Teal'c's own father years before. The Tok'ra suspected Tanith's crime, however, they played along with Tanith, allowing the symbiote to maintain control of its host body as a means to disseminate disinformation to the Goa'uld. {{Cite|SG1|Crossroads}}
+Convinced that she had swayed the immature [[symbiote]] she carried to a new philosophy, [[Shan'auc of the Red Hills]] took this information to the [[Tok'ra]] to procure a willing host for it. As a former lover of [[Teal'c]], Shan'auc offered hope that the [[Goa'uld]] threat might be lessened through such contact.
+However, Tanith had been deceiving Shan'auc all along and after implantation, Tanith murdered her by crushing her new [[prim'ta]], a fate that had befallen Teal'c's own father years before. The Tok'ra suspected Tanith's crime, however, they played along with Tanith, allowing the symbiote to maintain control of its host body as a means to disseminate disinformation to the Goa'uld. {{Cite|SG1|Crossroads}}
 The Tok'ra was able to use Tanith to intercept a transmission between [[Heru'ur]] and [[Apophis]] when they were setting up a meeting to negotiate an alliance. {{Cite|SG1|The Serpent's Venom}}
 ===2001===
+{{Expand}}
-[[File:Image_tannith.jpg|thumb|right|Taints meats Apophis' Jaffa ]]
-Once Tanith's usefulness was over, the Tok'ra intended to extract Tanith from the host and leave the symbiote behind on [[Vorash]] for later retrieval by [[Apophis]]. Tanith escaped the custody of the Tok'ra and informed Apophis of their location. He hid in the desert until Apophis arrived and with the help of Apophis' [[Jaffa]] he was able to capture [[Teal'c]]. Once on [[Apophis' mothership]], he used an [[Escape pod]] to flee the [[Vorash system]] before the [[Vorash's sun|sun]] went [[supernova]]. He later presented Teal'c to Apophis and as a result, Apophis brainwashed Teal'c into becoming his First Prime once again which effectively also the Jaffa to believe that he had been a spy for Apophis during all the time he had been on SG-1 while turning him against his friends.{{cite|SG1|Exodus}}
+Once Tanith's usefulness was over, the Tok'ra intended to extract Tanith from the host and leave the symbiote behind on [[Vorash]] for later retrieval by [[Apophis]].
+Unfortunately, their plan failed when Tanith, having been aware of their plan, decided to take matters into his own hands. He faked being dead before overthrowing two Tok'ra guards who had arrived in to investigate before escaping which also triggered a huge search for him with [[Teal'c]] leading the search.
-After Apophis was killed, he offered his services to a more powerful Goa'uld, [[Anubis]]. Arriving at [[Tollana]] with a [[Ha'tak|mothership]] protected from the [[Tollan (people)|Tollan]] [[Ion cannon]]s, Tanith forced this advanced culture to build [[Phase-shifting weapon|powerful weapons]] that would penetrate solid matter such as the [[Iris]] shield at [[Stargate Command]] in exchange for their continued survival. Tanith attacked the planet in the end, and a hurried transmission through the Stargate informed the [[Tau'ri]] that only a few Tollan had escaped and defenses were failing before cutting out completely. {{Cite|SG1|Between Two Fires}}
+[[File:Vlcsnap-2014-09-18-12h00m01s165.png|thumb|right|Tanith with a Goa'uld Long range visual communication device.  From the Stargate SG-1 Season 4 finale episode, "Exodus".]]
+On the hills of Vorash while hiding out of sight, Tanith retrieved a [[long-range communication device]] which he used to contact Apophis, informing the System Lord of the Tok'ra's location.
+[[File:Vlcsnap-2014-09-18-12h15m54s219.png|thumb|left|Tanith meeting two of Apophis' Red Jaffa.  From the Stargate SG-1 Season 4 finale episode, "Exodus".]]
+A while later, Tanith ended up meeting with two of Apophis' Jaffa with one Jaffa stating that Apophis was grateful to Tanith for his service with Tanith stating there was one more thing Apophis could be grateful for.
+With the help of Apophis' Jaffa, Tanith was able to capture Teal'c although he was left injured after Jack shot Tanith in the arm.
+Once on [[Apophis' mothership]], he used an [[Escape pod]] to flee the [[Vorash system]] before the [[Vorash's sun|sun]] went [[supernova]].
+[[File:Vlcsnap-2014-09-18-12h18m02s221.png|thumb|left|Tanith on Apophis' mothership. From the Stargate SG-1 Season 4 finale episode, "Exodus".]]
+To prove his loyalty to Apophis, Tanith later presented Teal'c to Apophis as a "gift" and as a result, Apophis brainwashed Teal'c into becoming his First Prime once again which effectively also led the Jaffa to believe that he had been a spy for Apophis for nearly five years which was also the time Teal'c had been on SG-1 which effectively ended up turning Teal'c against his friends, [[Colonel]] [[Jack O'Neill]], [[Major]] [[Samantha Carter]] and Dr. Daniel Jackson.
+For an unknown reason, Tanith abandoned Apophis' ship in an [[escape pod]] before the supernova which he'd had no knowledge of occurred, effectively resulting in Tanith abandoning Apophis forever. {{cite|SG1|Exodus|Enemies}}
+After Apophis was killed, Tanith offered his services to a more powerful Goa'uld, [[Anubis]]. Arriving at [[Tollana]] with a [[Ha'tak|mothership]] protected from the [[Tollan (people)|Tollan]] [[Ion cannon]]s, Tanith forced this advanced culture to build [[Phase-shifting weapon|powerful weapons]] that would penetrate solid matter such as the [[iris]] shield at [[Stargate Command]] in exchange for their continued survival. Tanith attacked the planet in the end, and a hurried transmission through the Tollan long-range communications device informed the [[Tau'ri]] that only a few Tollan had escaped and defenses were failing before cutting out completely. {{Cite|SG1|Between Two Fires}}
 ===2002===
 [[File:Tanith's death.jpg|thumb|right|[[Teal'c]] fires his [[staff cannon]] directly at Tanith.]]
-[[Teal'c]] finally succeeded in getting revenge for [[Shan'auc]]'s death when [[SG-1]] was scouting a Goa'uld base on [[Memphis]]. He killed Tanith by shooting his [[Al'kesh]]'s cockpit with a [[Staff cannon]], causing it to crash right on top of the [[Dial Home Device]] as Teal'c was passing through the [[wormhole]]. The impact prematurely disengaged the transmission, leaving Teal'c's energy signature 'stalled' in the wormhole until the transmission could be continued. Emergency measures were taken, including borrowing the Russian DHD after a heartfelt plea from [[Dr.]] [[Daniel Jackson]], to regenerate the transmission and retrieve Teal'c before another wormhole was established, thus saving the [[Jaffa]]'s life. {{Cite|SG1|48 Hours}}
+Two years after Shan'auc's death, in 2002, Teal'c finally succeeded in avenging her when [[SG-1]] was scouting a Goa'uld base on [[Memphis]]. He killed Tanith by shooting his [[Al'kesh]]' cockpit with a [[Staff cannon]], causing it to crash right on top of the [[Dial Home Device]] as Teal'c was passing through the [[wormhole]]. The impact prematurely disengaged the transmission, leaving Teal'c's energy signature 'stalled' in the wormhole until the transmission could be continued. Emergency measures were taken, including borrowing the Russian DHD after a heartfelt plea from [[Dr.]] [[Daniel Jackson]], to regenerate the transmission and retrieve Teal'c before another wormhole was established, thus saving the [[Jaffa]]'s life. {{Cite|SG1|48 Hours}}
+==Appearances==
+{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" width="100%"
+! Appearances for Tanith
+|-
+|
+In chronological order:
+*''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
+**[[SG-1 Season 4|Season 4]]
+***"[[Crossroads]]"
+***"[[The Serpent's Venom]]" {{m}}
+***"[[Exodus]]"
+**[[SG-1 Season 5|Season 5]]
+***"[[Between Two Fires]]"
+***"[[48 Hours]]"
+|}
 ==Personality==
+Tanith was a sly, cunning and ruthless Goa'uld. He was also very sadistic, often mocking and tormenting his victims to some extent.
-Sly, cunning and ruthless, Tanith is extremely manipulative and has no qualms about abandoning his former master for a newer one. He also likes to force people like the Tollan to build powerful weapons capable of attacking Stargate Command and also double-crosses them if he feels that they haven't met his demands or if they've betrayed him in any way. He was not very smart, however, which often is the case with any minor Goa'uld trying to make a name for themselves. Their arrogance and pride will often result in their downfall, as was the case with Tanith.
+He also appeared to be a sadist when he mocked and tormented Teal'c over Shan'auc's murder.
+Unlike his fellow Goa'uld, Tanith had no qualms or regrets over abandoning or deserting his current Goa'uld master, all for the sake of joining the service of another Goa'uld, one far more powerful. He was also deceptive and capable of double-crossing those who work for him which was demonstrated by his actions against the Tollan.
+In addition, Tanith was psychopathic, displaying little or no remorse whatsoever for his crimes.
+Despite his nature, Tanith, like many of his fellow Goa'uld, was arrogant and proud but not very smart,  which eventually proved to be his key weakness and which eventually led to his downfall and death.
 ==Notes==
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 *{{WP|Tanit|The mythological Tanith}}
 [[Category:Goa'uld]]
+[[Category:Deceased characters]]
 [[Category:Recurring SG-1 characters]]