Tinia
Tinia | |
---|---|
sky god | |
Symbol | Thunderbolt |
Personal information | |
Consort | Uni |
Children | Hercle and Menrva |
Equivalents | |
Greek equivalent | Zeus |
Roman equivalent | Jupiter |
Egyptian equivalent | Amun |
Tinia (also Tin, Tinh, Tins or Tina) was the
However, a primary source from the Roman Varro states that Veltha, not Tins, was the supreme deity of the Etruscans.[2] This has led some scholars to conclude that they were assimilated, but this is speculation.[3]
Tinia was the husband of Uni and the father of Hercle. Like many other Etruscan deities, his name is gender neutral.[4]
The
Tinia was sometimes represented with a beard or sometimes as youthful and beardless.[3] In terms of symbolism, Tinia has the thunderbolt.[3][4] Tinia's thunderbolts could be red or blood coloured.[6]
Like Selvans[3] and possibly Laran,[7] Tinia also protected boundaries. His name appears as the guarantor on three boundary stones with identical inscriptions found in Tunisia, originally placed there by the Etruscan colonists.[3]
Some of Tinia's possible
Inscriptions
Tinia appears in several inscriptions, including:
- Kylix painted by Oltos(c. 500 BC):
- Itun turuce venel atelinas Tinas cliniiaras.
- This has given Venel Atelinas for the sons of Tin (ie: The Dioscuri[8])
- On the bronze Chimera of Arezzo:
- Tinscvil
- A gift to Tinia
See also
References
- ^ de Grummond, Etruscan Myth, Sacred History and Legend, page 53
- ^ Varro, De lingua Latina V.46.
- ^ a b c d e The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press. 2006.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-67308-2.
- ^ a b Dennis, George (1848). The cities and cemeteries of Etruria: Vol.I. London.
- ^ Nancy T. de Grummond, "Thunder versus Lightning in Etruria," Etruscan Studies, 2016, 19(2), 183-207.
- ISBN 978-960-233-247-4.
- ISBN 9780719009020.)
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