Uni
Etruscan · deity · archaic · deity
Supreme goddess of the Etruscan pantheon and consort of Tinia. Second member of the Etruscan triad (Tinia-Uni-Menrva) that became the model for the Roman Capitoline triad. The Volterra mirror depicts her breast-feeding of the adult Hercle — the ritual-as-adoption that integrates the Greek hero into Etruscan divinity. The Pyrgi tablets identify her bilingually with Phoenician Astarte, making her the structural anchor of cross-Mediterranean syncretism. Translated to Rome as Iuno Regina via Camillus's evocatio of 396 BCE.
Domains
- queen of the gods
- sovereignty and marriage
Powers
- Confer divine sonship by suckling
Epithets
- 𐌖𐌍𐌉 𐌌𐌀𐌗
Relations
- equated with: Iuno
- equated with: Hera
- spouse: Tinia
- interpretatio: Hera
- interpretatio: Iuno
- interpretatio: Astarte