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Also, the goddess Tanit and god Baal Hammon were worshipped, As Ammon is a local berber deity, [53] so is Tannit, which she represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, [54] whom the Egyptians identify as Neith and the Greeks identify as Athena. [53] The names themselves, Baal Hammon and Tanit, have Berber linguistic structure.
Goddesses associated with the Berbers. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Berber goddesses" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Berber goddesses (2 C, 3 P) Berber gods (1 C, 1 P) G. Guanche deities (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Berber deities" This category contains only the following page.
Tanit or Tinnit (Punic: 𐤕𐤍𐤕 Tīnnīt [3]) was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. [a] [5] [6] As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, [7] so is Tannit, who represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, [2] whom the Egyptians identify as Neith and the Greeks identify as Athena.
9 Berber mythology. 10 Buddhism. Toggle Buddhism subsection. 10.1 Mahayana. ... This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender.
Tinjis (Berber languages: ⵜⵉⵏⵊⴰ, romanized: Tinja) (also called Tinga, and also spelled as Tingis) was a Libyan queen as the wife of King Antaeus in Berber and Greek mythology, [1] and some kind of a female deity.
Chaxiraxi was one of the principal goddesses of the Guanche pantheon. She was associated with the star Canopus . As natives of the Canary Islands are believed to have originally been pre-civilization Berbers , it is conjectured that Chaxiraxi may have been adapted from the Punic -Berber goddess Tanit , and given a different name and set of ...
For five years she ruled a free Berber state from the Aurès Mountains to the oasis of Gadames (695–700 AD). But the Arabs, commanded by Musa bin Nusayr, returned with a strong army and defeated her. She fought at the El Djem Roman amphitheater but finally was killed in combat near a well that still bears her name, Bir al Kahina in Aures. [9]