Tanit Painting

Tanit was the Great Goddess of Carthage. She was the chief deity of the wealthy African port city, located on the Mediterranean coast of what is now Tunisia. Tanit was a heavenly goddess of war, a "virginal" (unmarried) mother goddess and nurse, and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility. She is considered to be an avatar of Astarte/Asherah/Ishtar/Inanna/Anat, and was adopted by the Romans as Juno Caelestis. She may also be personified by legendary Etruscan queen Tanaquilo. Additionally, like Astarte, Tanit is a Goddess of the sea and sailors. Tanit is sometimes portrayed with the head of a lion, wearing a garment made of feathers. This fits with an identity related to the Great Mother Goddesses of the ancient Mediterranenan. Astarte, Asherah, Ishtar, and Inanna are all associated with lion imagery. The Burney Relief famously shows Ishtar or another Great Mother avatar with wings and feet reminiscent of a bird of prey. Anat is also associated with birds of prey. Marija Gimbutas theorizes that the association of the Goddess with birds of prey is related to the role of the Goddess in rebirth, following the process of exhumation wherein birds of prey strip the bones clean. Here we seen Tanit with the Cothon, the fortified harbor of Carthage before its destruction in the Punic Wars. For more about Tanit, visit my blog at echoingmultiverse.blogspot.com and search "Tanit"

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11 W x 14 H x 0.2 D in

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