Tanit is the chief goddess of Carthage, equivalent of Astarte.
Carthage was a city of the Phoenician colony in northern Africa, not far from the modern city of Tunis in Tunisia. Carthage, the Roman rendition of the Phoenician name Karthadasht, which means "New Town"...
Although she seems to have had some connection with the heavens, she was also a 'virginal' mother goddess, and fertility symbols often accompany representations of her.
She is also a ptron for war, moon, love, and the stars.
Some authors controversially advocate that the nameTanit might be the title for Astarte...
She was probably the consort of Baal Hammon (or Amon), the chief god of Carthage, and was often given the attribute "face of Baal."
Tanit's symbols include the dove, grapes, the fruit of the pomegranate, and the moon.
Her image is the triangle.
She is represented under different forms, sometimes as a naked woman with her pressing against her breast to symbolize fertility or as usually depicted as a beautiful bejeweled woman wearing a triangular garment bearing cornucopias in each hand...
Tanit was also known on Malta, Sardinia, and in Spain. It is said that Phoenician colonists brought Astarte and Tanit with them to Iberia...
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