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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. Śuri
For example, Erika Simon, while recognizing the value of making comparisons to non-Etruscan gods, stresses that Etruscan deities are rarely exact equivalents of a Greek or Roman deity. To avoid confusion she recommends using Etruscan forms of a divinity’s name to avoid making unwarranted assumptions. [ 32 ]
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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. ...
Pages in category "Etruscan mythology" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The name Turms is of distinctively Etruscan origin, like that of Fufluns but in contrast to deities such as Hercle and Aplu , 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 ...
In Etruscan mythology, Sethlans was the god of fire, the forge, metalworking, and by extension craftsmanship in general, the equivalent, though their names share no etymology, to Greek Hephaestus, Egyptian Ptah and the Roman Vulcan. Sethlans is one of the indigenous Etruscan gods.
Śuri was essentially a chthonic solar deity: [b] the volcanic fire god of light and darkness, lord of the sun and the underworld, with powers over health and plague as well. [3] [4] [5] Furthermore, as god of volcanic lightning, he was considered to be among the Novensiles, the nine Etruscan thunder gods. [3] [5] [8] [9] He was also an ...