Tanfana
deity Marsi single tradition · 1
Tanfana was a goddess worshipped by the Marsi people, to whom a temple was dedicated. According to Tacitus, the Marsi held a festival near her temple, during which Germanicus led forces that massacred the celebrants. There is no undisputed testimony of this goddess besides the passage in Tacitus.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 100
- Historical notes
- Attested in Tacitus's Annals, book 1, chapters 50-51, describing events during Germanicus's campaigns in the early 1st century CE.
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Tacitus says that forces led by Germanicus massacred the men, women, and children of the Marsi during the night of a festival near the location of a temple dedicated to Tanfana”
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