Tanit was the main goddess of Carthage and an important goddess in the Mediterranean. She was the goddess of love, fertility, life, prosperity, harvest, death and the moon. Tanit protected Carthage and its inhabitants from enemies and poisonous animals. She later became the goddess of Ibiza in the 5th century. The ancient city of Carthage was founded by the Phoenicians in 800 BC and was a major trading center until conquered by Rome in 146 BC. The Carthaginians discovered Ibiza in 654 BC and founded the city, making it an important trading center due to its port and salt production.

1. The goddess
TANIT

2. TANIT THE GODDESS by Tono Cruz
Poeta Villangómez football court

3. Who was the goddess Tanit?
Tanit was the Goddess of love, fertility,
life, prosperity, harvest, death and the
moon.

5. Tanit protected the Island from its
enemies and protected its inhabitants
from poisonous animals.

6. Tanit was a Carthaginian
goddess.
She was one of the most
important goddess in all
the Mediterranean sea.
In the 5th century Tanit
becamen the goddess of
ibiza.

7. • Tanit has Her own
abstract symbol : a
triangle with a
circle at the top,
with a horizontal
line between the
two.

8. What do we know about Carthage?
• The ancient city of Carthage was founded by
the Phoenicians on the north coast of Africa
in about 800 bc. Until it was overthrown by
Rome in 146 bc, Carthage was the trading
center of the western Mediterranean Sea.
Today Carthage is a suburb of Tunis, the
capital of Tunisia.

10. In the year 654 a.C. the Carthaginians
discovered Ibiza and founded the city of Ibiza.
The Carthaginian people come from Phenicia,
and they took the name of Carthaginians after
they founded the city of Carthage (located
geographically in what is now Tunisia). The
Romans called them Punic in Latin.

13. The Carthaginians were basically merchants, and
Ibiza became a very important commercial
center. Ibiza was popular for its great port and
big walls .
The people traded with salt in those days.
The salt was called “white gold”.
The Salinas built by the Carthaginians are still
used today to obtain salt from the sea water, by
means of evaporation.

15. IBIZA’S SALTFLATS

16. Let’s start

17. ACTIVITY 1
• Look at the
photo and
draw the
goddess on a
piece of
paper, when
you finish it,
colour it as
the real
sculpture.

19. ACTIVITY 2 • In the following activity
we are going to make a
keyring.
• mold the Tanit figure
with the fimo molding
dough.
• Once that is dry put the
book ring and colour it.

20. ACTIVITY 3
• In the
following
activity we are
going to mold
Tanit with clay,
use the clay
molding tools.

21. Whre does The goddess tanit live
nowadays??
• https://turismo.eivissa.
es/que-ver/visitas-
culturales/museos/mus
eo-necropolis-puig-des-
molins/

22. Let’s watch a video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqVBJPumTug