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The name is either borrowed from the Roman god, Silvanus or the original source of the Roman god's name. [41] Sethlans: Etruscan blacksmith and craftsman god, often wielding an axe. Equivalent to the Greek Hephaistos and Roman Vulcanus. [41] Summanus: Etruscan god of nocturnal thunder, often said to be Zeus's twin or opposite. Εuri
The name Turms is of distinctively Etruscan origin, like that of Fufluns but in contrast to deities such as Hercle and Apulu , whose names were borrowed from Greek. [ 7 ] Turms is known more from decoration on everyday objects, such as mirrors, than from cult images, [ 3 ] although one dedication has been taken to indicate the existence of a ...
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Calu (Etruscan: ππππ, romanized: Calu, lit. 'dark, darkness') [1] [2] is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Εuri [3] [4] [5] as god of the underworld, roughly equivalent to the Greek god Hades (Epic Greek: αΌΟδης, romanized: ÁïdΔs; Etruscan: ππππ, romanized: Aita); moreover, as with Hades, this god-name was also used as a synonym for the underworld ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.