Tanit seems to be a mermaid demon, as well as a human sacrifice demon as mentioned by Random Rants of Ryan.
Other goddesses/deities/demons -- with -- no legs, arms out to the side, and, the second, below, has a crescent moon atop its head as this Tanit in the British Museum does :
To make things more complicated and bizarre, in the story of the "twin-tailed siren" -- from which a woodcut from a Nordic version was used for the original Starbucks logo -- she/it only was a mermaid on Saturdays:
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exposethecriminals ago
Great post, thank you!
I haven't see this mentioned:
The symbol Tanit, used on Youth2ESV.org, is almost never shown as having legs.
This is the best example I have found:
Tanit seems to be a mermaid demon, as well as a human sacrifice demon as mentioned by Random Rants of Ryan.
Other goddesses/deities/demons -- with -- no legs, arms out to the side, and, the second, below, has a crescent moon atop its head as this Tanit in the British Museum does :
The Youth2ESV's Tanit's crown points are similar to the crown points on the Starbucks mermaid:
This article suggests the points reflect pope's hats:
Canada's 3rd Secretary-General, Michaëlle Jean, has Haitian mermaid spirits on her coat of arms:
I don't know anything about Tanit, or mermaid demons, etc., just thought I would point out there are usually no legs in representations of Tanit.
exposethecriminals ago
I'm adding this to my comment above.
I just saw this, I wonder if Tanit's legs are omitted to reference it is standing behind an altar, as in the Gloria Vanderbilt photo:
https://kek.gg/i/6pCxgC.png
To make things more complicated and bizarre, in the story of the "twin-tailed siren" -- from which a woodcut from a Nordic version was used for the original Starbucks logo -- she/it only was a mermaid on Saturdays:
http://whatdoeshistorysay.blogspot.com/2012/07/who-was-melusine-water-fairy-mermaid-or.html?m=1
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MolochHunter ago
lol good on sarah ruth ashcraft for taking it up to 'em
exposethecriminals ago
Yes, good for her!
I just a commercial for this medicine on TV. The logo for Latuda might be Tanit:
https://kek.gg/i/4N__kh.jpeg