Tanit
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Etymology
Of Semitic origin, from Punic 𐤕𐤍𐤕 (tnt). Found in Ancient Greek as Θινιθ (Thinith), Θεννειθ (Thenneith).
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Tanit
- (mythology) A Punic and Phoenician goddess, the chief deity of Ancient Carthage alongside Baal-Hamon.
- 2001, Laurence M. Porter, editor, A Gustave Flaubert Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 320:
- Tanit, the moon goddess, her sacred veil, the zaïmph, and Salammbó are a poetic rendering of a threefold reality, similar to the notion of antiquity concerning the three faces of Diana (Thibaudet 138).
