Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Menrva/ Menerva" | Etruscan | A spiting image of the Greek goddess Athena in all aspects |
Goddess name "Minerva" | Greek | The name Minerva is connected with the root man as or mens. She first appeared in Etruria under the names of Minrva, Menrfa, Menervra. Menarv, and was perhaps a goddess of the thunderbolt. It seems that this Etruscan Minerva very early merged with the Greek Athene. Minerva is hence the least ltalic of the divinities with whom she formed the triad Jupiter-Juno-Minerva. Greek |
God name "Nethu s" | Etruscan | God of fresh water. Identified with wells and springs and depicted as a naked bearded figure. He is probably to be equated with the Roman god NEPTUNUS.... |
God name "Nethuns" | Etruscan | God of wells and of all water, including the sea. He was the same as the Greek Poseidon and Roman Neptune. Etruscan |
Goddess name "Nortia" | Etruscan | Goddess of fate. She enjoyed an important sanctuary at Volsini, where her presence was symbolized by a large nail. In a New Year rite, the nail was hammered into a block of wood, probably derived from an old fertility ritual symbolizing the impregnation of life into the new year. She has been identified with the Greek goddess TYCHE.... |
God name "Summamus" | Etruscan | storm god. Specifically a deity responsible for lightning and thunderbolts. A sanctuary was dedicated to him in Rome.... |
Goddess name "Thakur Deo" | Etruscan | Goddess of childbirth Etruscan |
Goddess name "Thalna" | Etruscan | Goddess of childbirth. Depicted as a youthful woman, often åśśociated with the sky god TIN.... |
Goddess name "Thesan" | Etruscan | Goddess of the dawn. Also invoked at childbirth, since she brings new life into the world each day with her light.... |
God name "Tin" | Etruscan | sky god. Etruscan |
Goddess name "Tin" | Etruscan | sky god. His attribute is a bunch of lightning flashes and he may appear in åśśociation with THALNA, goddess of birth. In Roman culture he becomes syncretized with JUPITER.... |
God name "Tinia" | Etruscan | The highest god of the skies, husband to Thalna or Uni who was part of the powerful triumvirate of gods, including Menrva and Uni and åśśociated with lightning, spears and scepters. Etruscan |
Goddess name "Turan" | Etruscan | A goddess of love & the tutelary deity of Vulci |
Goddess name "Turan" | Etruscan | Goddess of love and the tutelary deity of Vulci. Etruscan |
Goddess name "Turan" | Etruscan | Goddess of love. The tutelary deity of Vulci, she is depicted bearing wings and with attributes including a swan, a dove and a blossom.... |
God name "Turms" | Etruscan | Chthonic underworld god. Modeled on the Greek messenger god HERMES, with caduceus (winged rod), winged shoes and cloak, he leads the souls of the dead toward the underworld.... |
Supreme god name "Uni" | Etruscan | The supreme goddess and the patron goddess of Perugia. Etruscan |
Goddess name "Uni" | Etruscan | Tutelary goddess. The consort of the sky god TIN and linked with the region of Perugia.... |