Tinjis


Tinjis was the wife of Antaeus in Berber and Greek mythology, and some kind of a female deity. Her husband was the son of Poseidon and Gaia.

Myths

The historian and archaeologist Mustapha Ouachi noticed that the city Tangier is geographically related to its myth. The mother of Antaeus was the goddess of the Earth whereas the father of Antaeus was Poseidon who was the god of the sea, according to the Libyan legend. In addition, Herodotus considered Poseidon to be an ancient Libyan god that was adopted by the ancient Greeks, like Athena.
According to Plutarch, the Amazigh believed that Heracles consorted with Tinjis after the death of Antaeus and that Heracles and Tinjis were the parents of Sufax. According to their myth, Sufax built the city "Tangier" and named it after his mother.
In fact, Tangier is believed to have been built by Berbers. It was an important city in an early short-lived kingdom known as Mauretania. The latter was founded by the king Syphax, whose name is similar to that of Sufax, the mythical king and founder of Tangier.
Heracles had another son named Palaemon, whose mother was Iphinoe, the daughter of Antaeus and Tinjis.