Tanit, Tanit-Isis

"Tanit or Tinnit was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, so is Tannit, which she represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, whom the Egyptians identify as Neith and the Greeks identify as Athena. She was the goddess of Wisdom, civilization and the crafts; she is the defender of towns and homes where she is worshipped." [Tanit, Wikipedia] "Tanit synthetizes within her the main aspects of all the great moon-goddesses: Hathor, Ishtar, Isis, Astarte, Anaitis." [About Tanit, mask131, ret. 11/13/2024]

Marceline Bedard referred to herself as Tanit-Isis. Frank Marsh complained that Marceline had ceased to be interested in "the old things—the things that came down through the temples of Tanit and echoed on the ramparts of Zimbabwe." Old Sophonisba referred to Marceline as Missy Tanit and Missy Isis. [ HPL Medusa (online text)]

See also: Bedard, Marceline; Isis.

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