Gods and Goddess Of The Etruscans

Aita The Etruscan god of the underworld. He is identical with the Greek Hades and the Roman god Pluto.

Alpan The Etruscan goddess of love and the underworld. She belongs to the Lasas and is usually portrayed naked.

Ani The Etruscan sky god who lives in the highest heaven (in the north). He shows many similarities with the Roman god Janus.

Aplu The Etruscan god of thunder and lightning. Aplu is usually portrayed with a wreath of laurel on his head, holding a staff in one hand and a laurel twig in his other hand. He is modeled on the Greek Apollo.



Artume The Etruscan goddess of night and death, but also the personification of growth in nature. She can be compared with the Greek Artemis.

Source THE MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT ITALY Cautha The Etruscan sun god, also known as Cath. He is generally depicted as rising from the ocean.



Evan The Etruscan goddess who personifies personal immortality. Evan belongs to the Lasa.



Februus The Etruscan god of the underworld and also a god of purification. The month of February, his sacred month, was named after him.



Feronia An Etruscan goddess of fire and fertility.

Horta An Etruscan goddess of agriculture.



Laran The Etruscan god of war. He is depicted as a naked youth wearing a helmet and carrying a spear.



Losna An Etruscan goddess of the moon

The 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.



Nethuns The Etruscan god of water, originally of wells but later also of the sea. He shows many similarities with the Greek Poseidon and is the predecessor of the Roman Neptune. His attributes are the trident, the anchor, the sea horse, and the dolphin

Nortia The Etruscan goddess of fate and fortune. Her attribute is a large nail and at the beginning of the New Year a nail was driven into a wall in her sanctuary. This is variously explained as a fertility rite, an expiation rite, or symbolizing the conclusion of the year just past. Her temple was located in Volsini, the center of the Etruscan federation (currently the Italian city Bolsena).

Selvans

An Etruscan god, the predecessor of the Roman Silvanus.

Tages An Etruscan deity who possesses wisdom. He appeared from a groove when a field was newly ploughed and taught the gathered Etruscans the skills of divination and augury. Tages is portrayed as a young man with two snakes as legs. This particular Etruscan art of divination, later applied by the Romans as well, was written in the so-called Libri Tagetici (also Haruspicini or Acherontici)



Thalna The Etruscan goddess of childbirth. She is often found in the company of the god Tinia, who is presumably her consort.



Thesan The Etruscan goddess of the dawn, and the patroness of childbirth. She shows some similarities with the Roman Aurora.



Tinia The 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

Turan The 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.



Turms The Etruscan god who guides the deceased to the underworld. He is the messenger of the gods and, like his Greek equivalent Hermes, he wears winged shoes and carries a heralds' staff.



Uni The 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.



Veive The Etruscan god of revenge. He is portrayed as a young man wearing a laurel wreath and holding arrows in his hand. A goat stands next to him.



Voltumna Voltumna, 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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