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| deity_of = God of Sky | abode = | symbol = thunderbolt, eagle, ivy wreath | consort = Thalna or Uni | parents = | siblings = | children = Hercle and Menrva | mount = | Greek_equivalent = Zeus | Roman_equivalent = Jupiter }} Tinia (also Tin, Tinh, Tins or ''Tina'') was the god of the sky and the highest god in Etruscan mythology, equivalent to the Roman Jupiter and the Greek Zeus.〔de Grummond, ''Etruscan Myth, Sacred History and Legend'', page 53〕 He was the husband of Thalna or Uni and the father of Hercle. The Etruscans believed in Nine Great Gods, who had the power of hurling thunderbolts; they were called ''Novensiles'' by the Romans. Of thunderbolts there were eleven sorts, of which Tinia, as the supreme thunder-god, wielded three.〔 Tinia was also part of the powerful "trinity" that included Menrva and Uni and had temples in every city of Etruria. Tinia was sometimes represented as seated and with a beard or sometimes standing and beardless.〔 In terms of symbolism, Tinia has the thunderbolt and the rod of power, and is generally accompanied by the eagle and sometimes has a wreath of ivy round his head, in addition to the other insignia of Jove. Some of Tinia's defining epithets are detailed on the Piacenza Liver, a bronze model of a liver used for haruspicy. Some of his epithets inscribed there include ''Tin Cilens'', ''Tin Θuf'' and ''Tinś Θne'', which are commonly translated as ''sun of darkness''/''underworld'', ''sun of law''/''oath'', and ''sun of thunder''/''storm''. ==Inscriptions== Tinia appears in several inscriptions, including: * Kylix painted by Oltos (ca 500 BC): :Itun turuce venel atelinas Tinas cliniiaras. :This has given Venel Atelinas for the sons of Tin (ie: The Dioscuri) *On the bronze Chimera of Arezzo: :Tinscvil :A gift to Tinia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tinia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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