"Tanit was a Phoenician lunar goddess, worshiped as the patron goddess at Carthage. Tanit and Baal Hammon were worshiped in Punic contexts in the Western Mediterranean, from Malta to Gades into Hellenistic times. In North Africa, where the inscriptions and material remains are more plentiful, she was also a heavenly goddess of war, a virginal mother goddess and nurse, a consort of Baal Hammon and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility. Several of the major Greek goddesses were identified with Tanit by the syncretic interpretatio graeca, which recognized as Greek deities in foreign guise the gods of most of the surrounding non-Hellene cultures. Her shrine excavated at Sarepta in southern Phoenicia revealed an inscription that identified her for the first time in her homeland and related her securely to the Phoenician goddess Astarte (Ishtar)."
--Wikipedia
--Wikipedia
These great new snakeskin boots are named not only after this amazing goddess but after Tanith Lee, one of Etain's favorite authors. Tanith (or Tanit as she was also known) was known as the Lady of Serpents which is why Etain picked her for these snake skin boots.
This, the Tanith Elegance, comes cleanly unadorned the better to show off the fabulous snakeskin texture. The pics really don't do the texture justice.
"Her symbol, found on many ancient stonecarvings, appears as a trapezium closed by a horizontal line at the top and surmounted in the middle by a circle (the horizontal arm was often terminated either by two short upright lines at right angles to it or by hooks.) Later, the trapezium was frequently replaced by an isosceles triangle.The symbol is seen by Hvidberg-Hansen as a woman raising her hands."
--Wikipedia once again
--Wikipedia once again
The Tanith Engraved boot comes adorned with buckles that bear Tanit's symbol as well as a replica of a Carthaginian coin that bears her likeness (Tanit being the patron goddess of the city Carthage).
These come in all 8 of the Dark Eden standard colors. Mega sets for both are L$800 and single colors are L$200. You can find these at the Dark Eden main store -- just search on Dark Eden. Permissions, as always, are mod/copy/no transfer. In order to give a pair as a gift, please contact Vivianne Draper directly to make arrangements.