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Her name is a noun meaning "the act of giving" in Etruscan, based on the verb stem Tur-'to give.' Turmś, Turms: Etruscan god identified with Greek Hermes and Roman Mercurius. In his capacity as guide to the ghost of Tiresias, who has been summoned by Odysseus, he is Turms Aitas, "Turms Hades." [52] Turnu
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Pages in category "Etruscan mythology" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... List of Etruscan names for Greek heroes; F. Founding of Rome ...
Etruscan gods (1 C, 23 P) Pages in category "Etruscan deities" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
After the Etruscan defeat in the Roman–Etruscan Wars (264 BCE), the remaining Etruscan culture began to be assimilated into the Roman. The Roman Senate adopted key elements of the Etruscan religion, which were perpetuated by haruspices and noble Roman families who claimed Etruscan descent, long after the general population of Etruria had forgotten the language.
Greek name Etruscan name Notes Achilles: Achle, Achile [1] Legendary hero of the Trojan War: Actaeon: Ataiun [2] Admetus: Atmite [3] Adonis: Atunis [3] Agamemnon: Achmemrun [1] Legendary king of Mycenaean Greece: Aitolos: Etule: Confused with his brother, Epeios, who built the Trojan horse [4] Ajax, son of Telamon Ajax, son of Oileus: Aivas ...
Chariot fitting representing Usil, 500–475 BCE, Hermitage Museum. Usil is the Etruscan god of the sun, shown to be identified with Apulu ().His iconic depiction features Usil rising out of the sea, with a fireball in either outstretched hand, on an engraved Etruscan bronze mirror in late Archaic style, formerly on the Roman antiquities market. [1]
Like many other Etruscan deities, his name is gender neutral. [4] The Etruscans had a group of nine gods who had the power of hurling thunderbolts; they were called Novensiles by the Romans. [5] Of thunderbolts there were eleven sorts, of which Tinia wielded three. [5] Tinia was sometimes represented with a beard or sometimes as youthful and ...