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Turan	[Aug. 26th, 2006\|12:46 pm]Daily Mythology
Turanby Micha F. LindemansThe Etruscan goddess of love, health, and fertility, and the patroness of the city Vulci (in the current Italian province Viterbo). Turan is usually portrayed as a young woman with wings on her back. The pigeon and black swan are her symbolic animals and she is accompanied by the Lasas. Her Roman equivalent is Venus.
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Lasa	[Aug. 26th, 2006\|12:45 pm]Daily Mythology
Lasaby Micha F. LindemansIn Etruscan myth, they are female deities and the guardians of graves. They are often found in the company of Turan, the goddess of love. The Lasa are sometimes portrayed with wings, but also without. Their attributes are mirrors and wreaths.
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Artume	[Aug. 26th, 2006\|12:43 pm]Daily Mythology
Artumeby Micha F. LindemansThe Etruscan goddess of night and death, but also the personification of growth in nature. She can be compared with the Greek Artemis.
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Charun	[Aug. 22nd, 2006\|04:30 pm]Daily Mythology
Charunby Micha F. LindemansThe Etruscan demon of death who torments the souls of the deceased in the underworld. He also guards the entrance to the underworld. He is similar to the Greek Charon. Charun is portrayed with the nose of a vulture, pointed ears and is usually winged. His attribute is the hammer, with which he finished off his victims.
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Voltumna	[Aug. 21st, 2006\|05:17 pm]Daily Mythology
Voltumnaby Micha F. LindemansVoltumna, also known as Veltha, is a chthonic god of the Etruscans, later elevated to the status of supreme god. He is also the patron god of the federation of twelve Etruscan city states. The center of his cult was in Volsini. The Romans named him Vertumnus.
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Aita	[Aug. 20th, 2006\|02:29 pm]Daily Mythology
Aitaby Micha F. LindemansThe Etruscan god of the underworld. He is identical with the Greek Hades and the Roman god Pluto.
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Menrva	[Aug. 19th, 2006\|12:23 am]Daily Mythology
Menrvaby Micha F. LindemansThe Etruscan version of the Greek Athena, and portrayed similarly (with helm, spear, and shield). Just like Athena, Menrva was also born from the head of a god, in this case Tinia. She is part of triad with Tinia and Uni. She is the predecessor of the Roman goddess Minerva.
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Tinia	[Aug. 17th, 2006\|03:56 pm]Daily Mythology
Tiniaby Micha F. LindemansThe supreme sky god of the Etruscans, who lives in the northern part of the sky. He holds boundaries sacres, watched over them, and ensured their inviolability. Together with his wife and the goddess Menrva he forms a triad of gods. His attributes are a cluster of lightning bolts, a spear and a scepter. The Romans equated him with Jupiter. In fact, Tinia-Jupiter was introduced to the city of Rome during the period of Etruscan monarchy (c. 650-510 BCE).
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Tinia

[Aug. 17th, 2006|03:56 pm]Daily Mythology

Tiniaby Micha F. LindemansThe supreme sky god of the Etruscans, who lives in the northern part of the sky. He holds boundaries sacres, watched over them, and ensured their inviolability. Together with his wife and the goddess Menrva he forms a triad of gods. His attributes are a cluster of lightning bolts, a spear and a scepter. The Romans equated him with Jupiter. In fact, Tinia-Jupiter was introduced to the city of Rome during the period of Etruscan monarchy (c. 650-510 BCE).

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Uni	[Aug. 16th, 2006\|10:07 pm]Daily Mythology
Uniby Micha F. LindemansThe supreme goddess of the Etruscan pantheon. She is the goddess of the cosmos, and the city goddess of Perugia. Together with her husband Tinia and the goddess Menrva she forms a triad. Her son is the hero Hercle (clearly Hercules / Heracles). Uni is identical to the Greek Hera and the Roman Juno.
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Words of Dyonysius of Susiana	[Jul. 7th, 2006\|02:17 am]Daily Mythology
"Upon the Tsurian sea the people live Who style themselves Phoenicians... These were the first great founders of the world -- Founders of cities and of mighty states -- Who showed a path through seas before unknown. In the first ages, when the sons of men Knew not which way to turn them, they assigned To each his first department; they bestowed Of land a portion and of sea a lot, And sent each wandering tribe far off to share A different soil and climate. Hence arose The great diversity, so plainly seen, 'Mid nations widely severed." -- Dyonysius of Susiana, A.D. 3 from http://phoenicia.org
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Words of Dyonysius of Susiana

[Jul. 7th, 2006|02:17 am]Daily Mythology

"Upon the Tsurian sea the people live Who style themselves Phoenicians... These were the first great founders of the world -- Founders of cities and of mighty states -- Who showed a path through seas before unknown. In the first ages, when the sons of men Knew not which way to turn them, they assigned To each his first department; they bestowed Of land a portion and of sea a lot, And sent each wandering tribe far off to share A different soil and climate. Hence arose The great diversity, so plainly seen, 'Mid nations widely severed." -- Dyonysius of Susiana, A.D. 3 from http://phoenicia.org

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