Es Vedrà
Videos
Es Vedrà is a small rocky island off the south western seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The island, which is 413 metres tall, is part of the Cala d'Hort nature reserve and lies 1.5423 miles of
The island of Es Vedrà
An Eleanor's falcon, a native bird of prey
Sunset over Es Vedrà
Tanit
Videos
Tanit or Tinnit was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage. She is the consort of Baal Hammon. As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, so is Tanit, who represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, and
Es Vedrà
…said to be home to sirens and sea-nymphs, who tried to lure Odysseus from his ship in Homer's Odyssey. It is also thought of as the holy island of the Tanit the Phoenician lunar goddess, worshiped as the patron goddess and of fertility, who became Ibiza's patroness. Legend has it that specific sacrifices…
Carthaginian coin depicting the face of Tanit on the front, and her symbols the horse and the date palm tree in the opposite side.
A Punic coin featuring Tanit, minted in Carthage between 330 and 300 BCE.
Tanit with a lion's head, from the Bardo Museum in Tunisia
Bust of a female figure that has been sometimes hypothesized to represent Tanit, or probably Demeter found in the Carthaginian necropolis of Puig des Molins, dated 4th century BC, housed in the Museum of Puig des Molins in Ibiza, Spain