Tinia
Sign in to savethumb|Etruscan inscription TINIA on an altar stone from Volsinii Tinia (also Tin, Tinh, Tins or Tina) was the sky god and the highest deity in Etruscan religion, equivalent to the Roman Jupiter and the Greek Zeus.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Etruscan
- Deity.name
- Tinia
- Deity.image
- File:Tinia Staatliche Antikensammlungen München 2013.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Terracotta bust of Tinia from 300–250
- Deity.deity_of
- sky god
- Deity.symbol
- Thunderbolt
- Deity.consort
- Uni
- Deity.children
- Hercle and Menrva
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Zeus
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Jupiter
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Amun
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thumb|Etruscan inscription TINIA on an altar stone from Volsinii Tinia (also Tin, Tinh, Tins or Tina) was the sky god and the highest deity in Etruscan religion, equivalent to the Roman Jupiter and the Greek Zeus.
However, a primary source from the Roman Varro states that Veltha, not Tins, was the supreme deity of the Etruscans. This has led some scholars to conclude that they were assimilated, but this is speculation.