. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . onies over which relii>ioii presided, and wliicli tli(> Roiiiausabolished when they them-selves had made use of theLatin feriae to insure theirsupremacy in LatiTim. In religion, as in pnlitics,the Etruscans were originallydistinct from tlie r(^st of theItalian nations, from whomthey afterwards received godsor to whom they gave religious doctrines, adistant echo of the flreatAsiatic theogouies, proclaimedthe existence of a sui)remelieing, Tinia, the soul of theworld, who had f
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . onies over which relii>ioii presided, and wliicli tli(> Roiiiausabolished when they them-selves had made use of theLatin feriae to insure theirsupremacy in LatiTim. In religion, as in pnlitics,the Etruscans were originallydistinct from tlie r(^st of theItalian nations, from whomthey afterwards received godsor to whom they gave religious doctrines, adistant echo of the flreatAsiatic theogouies, proclaimedthe existence of a sui)remelieing, Tinia, the soul of theworld, who had for counsellorsthe dii cons elites—impersona-tions of the forces of presentnature and dcstinixl to perishwith her ; for the Scandana-vian and Oriental belief in the destruction and renewal of theA\orld is found also in Etnuia. These d/i consentescoidd hurl thunder-bolts;but not more than oneat a time. Tinia alone,who was identified withJupiter, manifested hiswill by thi-ee consecutivebolts. Thus he was repre-sented holding a lightningtiash with three points. Beside him wen- seated Thalna or Juno,. Head of Jupiter.
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