Thorfinn the Shallow Minded Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Currently, this represents Carthage in 0 A.D. The deity depicted on the symbol is Tanit, a Carthaginian goddess. Although a god such as Melqart would perhaps be a more appropriate thing, there is not anything terribly wrong about Tanit for Carthage. The real problem comes with the Sacred Band. Maybe I am completely off here, but shouldn't a group of warriors dedicated to Baal have him on their shields as opposed to Tanit? Please forgive me if I am out of line with this; clarification on this would be appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Do you have any references for Ba'al and Melqart? I rather like the Tanit symbol and it is a common symbol found on Carthaginian inscriptions, so we'd probably keep it unless we could find good aesthetically pleasing symbology for Ba'al or Melqart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) The problem many source about some información related with Baal... Many of the se tryign to have religius or racist point of view.http://aryannations88.blogspot.com/2011/01/judaism-is-baal-worship.htmlBut is not single one to show this symbol.---------if Greek gets a great influence over Canaanites and Phoenicians and then over Carthaginians.------The Greeks reimagined the Phoenician god Melqart as Melikertês (Melicertes) and made him the son of Athamas and Ino. He drowned but was transfigured as the marine deity Palaemon, while his mother became Leucothea. (cf Ino.) At Corinth, he was so closely connected with the cult of Poseidon that the Isthmian Games, originally instituted in Poseidon's honor, came to be looked upon as the funeral games of Melicertes. Edited April 3, 2014 by Lion.Kanzen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 This one is off topic... Im curious Is there a one that we don't have in game? We can use dolphin one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 The new paganism uses these:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Canaanite_Neopaganism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfinn the Shallow Minded Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 This is a coin which depicts Melqart, who was often considered the same as Heracles to Punic culture. The bottom image is apparently what Ba'al looked like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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