In Etruscan mythology, Uni was the supreme goddess of the pantheon. She was the patron goddess of Perugia as well. With her husband Tinia and Menrva, she was part of a powerful triumvirate. With Tinia, she was the mother of Hercle. The Etruscans were a race of unknown origin from North Italy who were eventually integrated into Rome. ... Statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. Many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both the conventional genders and in some cases... Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ... In Etruscan mythology, Tinia was the highest god of the skies, husband to Thalna or Uni. ... In Etruscan mythology, Menrva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools and commerce. ... For the son of Alexander the Great, see Heracles (Macedon). ...

Uni was the Etruscan equivalent of Juno and Hera in Roman mythology and Greek mythology, respectively. IVNO REGINA (Queen Juno) on a coin celebrating Julia Soaemias. ... In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (IPA pronunciation: ; Greek or ) was the wife and older sister of Zeus. ... Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ...

Livy states (Book V, Ab Urbe Condita) that Juno was an Etruscan goddess of the Veientes, who was ceremonially adopted into the Roman pantheon when Veii was sacked in 396BC. This seems to refer to Uni. The Etruscans were a race of unknown origin from North Italy who were eventually integrated into Rome. ... Veii - or Veius - was in ancient times, an important Etrurian city 18 km NNW of Rome, Italy. ...