Uni’s Family Tree

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Family

• Tinia(spouse),Hercle(child)— Marriage · Adopted

  Tinia and Uni reign as the supreme divine couple of the Etruscan pantheon, their sacred marriage attested in the Pyrgi tablets. Uni suckled Hercle at her breast before Tinia and the assembled gods, adopting the hero into the divine family in a scene unique to Etruscan tradition.

Member of

• Etruscan Triad

  Tinia, Uni, and Menrva formed the Etruscan Triad worshipped in three-celled Etruscan temples, a cultic grouping that the Romans inherited wholesale as the Capitoline Triad.

Equivalent to

• Hera(Greek),Juno(Roman)

  Uni, Hera, and Juno are the Etruscan, Greek, and Roman queen of the gods — Uni passed directly into Roman religion as Juno when the Capitoline triad of Tinia, Uni, and Menrva became Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.

• Astarte(Canaanite)

  The bilingual Pyrgi tablets dedicate a temple jointly to Uni and Astarte, the Phoenician text naming Astarte where the Etruscan names Uni — a direct cult merger at the port sanctuary of Caere around 500 BCE.

Associated with

• Elcsntre,Menrva,Turan

  Turan, Uni, and Menrva stood before Elcsntre in the Etruscan rendering of the Judgment of Paris, one of the most beloved scenes on bronze mirrors — Turan triumphant as the chosen goddess of beauty and desire.