Post by The Muse on Mar 19, 2016 16:46:13 GMT -5
The Etruscan Pantheon was a bit more difficult. The Etruscans lived in what is now Central Italy. Their culture was absorbed into the Roman Empire in about the 4th century BCE. Much of their mythology mirrors or is similar to Greek and Roman mythology. But the actual pronunciations of much of their language has been lost. There is much not known about the culture. The following is what I could glean about their gods.
Achlae
Greek river god, Achelous.
Achle, Achile
Legendary hero of the Trojan War, from the Greek Achilles.
Achmemrun
Legendary king of Mycenaean Greece, from the Greek Agamemnon.
Achrum, Acharum
Legendary Greek river of the underworld, the Acheron.
Achvizr, Achuvesr, Achuvizr, Achviztr
Unknown character associated with Turan. It may be one of the Samothracian Grest Gods or Cabeiri (Άξίερος, perhaps from *Aχsiver-) according to É. Benveniste.
Aita, Eita
The Etruscan equivalent of the Greek god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, Hades.
Aivas Tlamunus, Aivas Vilates
Also Eivas or Evas. Etruscan equivalents of the Greek heroes Ajax, son of Telamon and Ajax, son of Oileus.
Alchumena
The Greek legendary character, Alcmena.
Alcstei, Alcsti
The Greek legendary character, Alcestis.
Alichsantre, Alechsantre, Alcsentre, Elchsntre, Elachśantre, Elachśntre, Elcste
The Trojan legendary character, Alexandrus, otherwise known as Paris.
Alpanu, Alpan, Alpnu
Etruscan goddess, whose name is identical to Etruscan "willingly."
Althaia
The Greek figure Althaea, mother of Meleager.
Ani
Divinity named on the periphery of the Piacenza Liver as dominant in that section. It seems to correspond to Martianus Capella's Templum I, north, ruled by Janus, for which Ani appears to be the Etruscan word.
Aminth
Etruscan winged deity in the form of a child, probably identified with Amor.
Amuce, Amuche, Amuke
The Greek legendary figure Amycus of the Argonauts myth.
Apulu, Aplu
The god, Apollo.
Areatha
The mythological figure, Ariadne.
Apru
Alternate Etruscan spelling of Aphrodite. See Turan.
Aril
Etruscan deity identified with Atlas.
Aritimi, Artumes
The goddess Artemis.
Ataiun
The mythological figure, Actaeon.
Athrpa
The deity, Atropos.
Atlenta, Atlnta
The mythological person, Atalanta.
Atmite
The legendary character, Admetus.
Atunis
The mythological figure, Adonis.
Aturmica
The mythological figure, Andromache, the Amazon.
Aulunthe
Etruscan, the name of a satyr.
Begoë, Vegoia
Etruscan nymph believed to have power over lightnings; she was also said to have composed a tract known as Ars Fulguritarum ("Art of the Thunderstruck"), which was included in the Roman pagan canon, along with the Sibylline Books.
Calaina
The Greek Nereid, Galena.
Calanice
A Greek name of Hercle, Kallinikos.
Calu
Etruscan infernal god of wolves, represented by a wolf.
Capne, Kapne
The legendary hero, Capaneus.
Caśntra
prophetess, Cassandra, of the Trojan War.
Castur
legendary figure, Castor.
Catha, Cavtha, Cath
An Etruscan deity, god and goddess, not well represented in the art. She appears in the expression ati cath, "Mother Cath" and also maru Cathsc, "the maru of Cath"; however, the nature of the maru is not known. She is also called śech, "daughter," which seems to fit Martianus Capella's identification of the ruler of Region VI of the sky as Celeritas solis filia, "Celerity the daughter of the sun." In the Piacenza Liver the corresponding region is ruled by Cath.
Catmite
The mythological figure, Ganymede, from an alternative Greek spelling, Gadymedes. From the Etruscan is Latin Catamitus.
Cel
Etruscan earth goddess, probably identified with Ge, as she had a giant for a son. Her name occurs in the expression ati Cel, "Mother Cel."
Celsclan
Etruscan Gigas, "son of Cel", identifying her as "Earth", as the giants in Greek mythology were the offspring of the earth.
Cerca
enchantress of the Odyssey, Circe.
Chaluchasu
Translation of Greek panchalkos, "wholly of bronze", perhaps the robot of Crete, Talos.
Charun, Charu
The mythological figure, Charon.
Chelphun
An Etruscan satyr.
Cilens
Also Celens.
Cluthumustha, Clutmsta
The female legendary character, Clytemnestra.
Crapsti
Umbrian local deity, Grabouie.
Crisitha
The heroine of the Trojan War, the Greek name Chryseis.
Culsans
God of doors and doorways, corresponding to the two-faced Roman god Janus.
Culsu
Also Cul. A female underworld demon who was associated with gateways. Her attributes included a torch and scissors. She was often represented next to Culsans.
Easun, Heasun. Heiasun
Etruscan version of the mythological hero Jason.
Ecapa
The tragic heroine of the Trojan War, Hecuba.
Ectur
Hero of the Trojan War, Hector.
Elinei, Elinai, Elina
The character Helen of Trojan War fame.
Enie
Greek Enyo, one of the Graeae.[16]
Epiur, Epeur
Greek epiouros, "guardian", a boy presented to Tinia by Hercle, possibly Tages.
Ermania
legendary character Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
Eris
divinity Eris.
Erus
divinity Eros.
Esplace
legendary healer, Asklepios.
Ethausva, Eth
Etruscan goddess, attendant at the birth of Menrva.
Etule
Greek Aitolos, confused with his brother, Epeios, who built the Trojan horse.
Euturpa, Euterpe
The Greek divinity, Euterpe.
Evan
An attendant on Turan, sometimes male, sometimes female.
Evtucle, [Ev]thucle
The hero, Eteocles.
Feronia
An obscure rural goddess primarily known from the various Roman cults who worshipped her.
Fufluns
Etruscan god of wine, identified with Dionysus. The name is used in the expressions Fufluns Pacha (Bacchus) and Fufluns Pachie. Puplona (Populonia) was named from Fufluns.
Hamphiare, Amphare
Legendary seer, Amphiaraus.
Hathna
Etruscan satyr.
Hercle, Hercele, Herecele, Herkle, Hrcle
Etruscan form of the legendary hero known to the Greeks as Hēraklēs and the Romans as Hercules. With Perseus, the main Etruscan hero, the adopted son of Uni/Juno, who suckled the adult Hercle. His image appears more often than any other on Etruscan carved hardstones. His name appears on the bronze Piacenza Liver, used for divination (hepatoscopy), a major element of Etruscan religious practice. His Etruscan epithet, sometimes substituted for his name, is Calanice, "beautiful victory", derived from Greek Kallinikos
Hipece
The magic spring, Hippocrene, represented in Etruscan art as a water spout in the form of a lion's head.
Horta
Goddess of agriculture (highly conjectural).
Ilithiia
The goddess of childbirth, known to the Greeks as Eileithyia. Occurs also in the expression flereś atis ilithiial, "statue of mother Eileithyia."
Iynx
An Etruscan mythological creature, a bird of love.
Laran
Etruscan God of war.
Lasa
One of a class of deities, plural Lasas, mainly female, but sometimes male, from which the Roman Lares came. Where the latter were the guardians of the dead, the Etruscan originals formed the court of Turan. Lasa often precedes an epithet referring to a particular deity: Lasa Sitmica, Lasa Achununa, Lasa Racuneta, Lasa Thimrae, Lasa Vecuvia.
Lasa Vecuvia
Goddess of prophecy, associated with the nymph Vegoia. See under Begoë.
Latva
The mythological person also known as Leda.
Leinth
Etruscan divinity, male and female, possibly related to lein, Etruscan word for "to die", but does not appear in any death scenes.
Letham, Lethns, Letha, Lethms, Leta
An Etruscan infernal goddess.
Letun
The goddess known to the Greeks as Leto.
Lunc, Lnche
The legendary figure, Lynceus.
Malavisch
Etruscan divinity of the mirrors, probably from malena, "mirror."
Man, Mani
Etruscan class of spirits representing "the dead"[24] and yet not the same as a hinthial, "ghost." From the Mani came the Latin Manes, which are both "the good" and the deified spirits of the dead.
Mania
Etruscan infernal deity, one of a dyad including Mantus. She went on into Latin literature, ruling beside Mantus and was reported to be the mother of the Lares and Manes. Under the Etruscan kings, she received the sacrifices of slain children during the Laralia festival of May 1. She continued to survive in post-classical Tuscan folklore as Mania della Notte, a nocturnal spirit bringing nightmares.
Mantus
Etruscan infernal deity, one of a dyad including Mania. A tradition of Latin literature names the Etruscan city of Manthua, later Mantua, after the deity.
Mariś
A class of divinity used with epithets: mariś turans, mariś husurnana, mariś menitla, mariś halna, mariś isminthians. The appearances in art are varied: a man, a youth, a group of babies cared for by Menrva. The Roman god, Mars, is believed to have come from this name. Pallottino refers to the formation of a god by "... fusing groups of beings ... into one." Of Mars he says "... the protecting spirits of war, represented as armed heroes, tend to coalesce into a single deity, the Etrusco-Roman Mars, on the model of the Greek god Ares."
Mean, Meanpe
Etruscan deity, equivalent of Nike or Victoria.
Meleacr
The legendary figure,known to the Greeks as Meleager.
Memnum, Memrum
Memnon, a Trojan saved from Achle by his mother, Thesan.
Menerva, Menrva
The Etruscan original to the Roman Minerva, made into Greek Athena.
Menle
The hero Menelaus, of Trojan War fame.
Metaia, Metua, Metvia
The mythological character, Medea.
Metus
The Gorgon, Medusa. The head appears on the Aegis of Menrva as a Gorgoneion.
Mlacuch
A young Etruscan woman kidnapped by Hercle.
Munthukh
Goddess of love and health, and one of the attendants of Turan
Nestur
The legendary hero, Nestor.
Nethuns
Italic divinity, probably Umbrian, of springs and water, identified with Greek Poseidon and Roman Neptune, from which the name comes. It occurs in the expression flere Nethuns, "the divinity of Nethuns."
Nortia
Goddess of fate and chance. Unattested in Etruscan texts but mentioned by Roman historian Livy. Her attribute was a nail, which was driven into a wall in her temple during the Etruscan new year festival as a fertility rite.
Orcus was an Etruscan god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. He was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant.
Pacha
Roman Bacchus, an epithet of Fufluns.
Palmithe, Talmithe
The hero, Palamedes.
Pantasila, Pentasila
The Greek name, Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons.
Patrucle
Patroclus, of Trojan War fame.
Pava Tarchies
Etruscan Tarchies in an expression: "boy Tarchies." See under Tarchies.
Pecse, Pakste
The name of the legendary winged horse, Pegasus, assigned by the Etruscans to the Trojan Horse.
Pele
The hero Peleus.
Pemphetru
Greek Pemphredo, one of the Graeae.
Perse, Pherse
The mythological hero, Perseus.
Phaun, Faun, Phamu
The mythological character, Phaon.
Phersipnai, Phersipnei, Persipnei, Proserpnai
Queen of the underworld, equivalent to the Greek Persephone and Roman Proserpina.
Phersu
A divinity of the mask, probably from Greek prosopon, "face". The god becomes adjectival, *phersuna, from which Latin persona.
Phuinis
The Greek Phoinix, friend of Peleus.
Phulsphna
The legendary figure Polyxena.
Prisis
The Greek Briseis mentioned in the Iliad.
Priumne
Priam king of Troy.
Prumathe
The Greek mythological figure Prometheus.
Puanea
Etruscan name of a satyr.
Pultuce, Pulutuce, Pulutuke, Pultuke
One of the mythological twins, known to the Greeks as Pollux
Rath
Etruscan deity identified with Apollo. Tarquinia was his sanctuary.
Rathmtr
The Greek mythological character, Rhadamanthys.
Satre
Etruscan deity, source of the Roman god, Saturn.
Sime
An Etruscan satyr who has a Greek name.
Selvans
God who appears in the expression Selvansl Tularias, "Selvans of the boundaries", which identifies him as a god of boundaries. The name is either borrowed from the Roman god, Silvanus or the original source of the Roman god's name.
Semla
The Greek goddess, Semele.
Sethlans
Etruscan blacksmith and craftsman God, often wielding an axe. Equivalent to the Greek Hephaistos and Roman Vulcanus. See also under Velchans below.
Sispe, Sisphe
The legendary king, Sisyphus.
Svutaf
A winged Etruscan deity whose name, if from the same Latin root as the second segment of persuade, might mean "yearning" and therefore be identifiable with Eros.
Tages
See under Tarchies.
Taitle
The Etruscan form of the mythological figure Daedalus.
Tarchies
Occurs in Pava Tarchies, label of a central figure in depictions of divination, who, along with Epiur, a divinatory child, is believed to be the same as Tages, founder of the Etruscan religion, mentioned by Roman authors.
Tarchon
An Etruscan culture hero who, with his brother, Tyrrhenus, founded the Etruscan Federation of twelve cities.
Tecum
God of the lucomenes, or ruling class.
Techrs
From the Greek, the Trojan War hero, Teucer.
Telmun, Tlamun, Talmun, Tlamu
A legendary Argonaut, Telamon.
Teriasals, Teriasa
Legendary blind prophet, Tiresias.
Thalna, Thalana, Talna
Etruscan divine figure of multiple roles shown male, female and androgynous: it attends the births of Menrva and Fufluns, dances as a Maenad and expounds prophecy. In Greek thallein, "to bloom". A number of divinities fit the etymology: Greek Thallo and Hebe and Roman Iuventas, "youth."
Thanr
An Etruscan deity shown present at the births of deities.
Thesan
Etruscan goddess of the dawn. She was identified with the Roman Aurora and Greek Eos.
These
A hero who is the equivalent of Theseus.
Thethis
nymph Thetis, mother of Achilles.
Thetlvmth
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.
Thevrumines
Minotaur
Thufltha
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.
Tinia, Tina, Tin
Chief Etruscan god, the ruler of the skies, husband of Uni, and father of Hercle, identified with the Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter well within the Etruscan window of ascendance, as the Etruscan kings built the first temple of Jupiter at Rome. Called apa, "father" in inscriptions (parallel to the -piter in Ju-piter), he has most of the attributes of his Indo-European counterpart, with whom some have postulated a more remote linguistic connection. The name means "day" in Etruscan. He is the god of boundaries and justice. He is depicted as a young, bearded male, seated or standing at the center of the scene, grasping a stock of thunderbolts. According to Latin literature, the bolts are of three types: for warning, good or bad interventions, and drastic catastrophes. Unlike Zeus, Tin needs the permission of the Dii Consentes (consultant gods) and Dii Involuti (hidden gods) to wield the last two categories. A further epithet, Calusna (of Calu), hints at a connection to wolves or dogs and the underworld. In post-classical Tuscan folklore he became an evil spirit, Tigna, who causes lightning strikes, hail, rain, whirlwinds and mildew.
Tinas cliniar
Etruscan expression, "sons of Tina", designating the Dioscuri, proving that Tin was identified with Zeus.
Tiur, Tivr, Tiv
Etruscan deity identified with Greek Selene and Roman Luna (goddess).
Tlusc, Tluscv, Mar Tlusc
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual. The corresponding region in Martianus Capella is ruled by Sancus, an Italic god and Sabine progenitor, who had a temple on the Quirinal Hill, and appears on an Etruscan boundary stone in the expression Selvans Sanchuneta, in which Sanchuneta seems to refer to the oaths establishing the boundary. Sancus probably comes from Latin sancire, "to ratify an oath."
Truia, Truials
Troy, Trojan, the city of the Iliad.
Tuchulcha
An Etruscan demon.
Tuntle
The legendary figure, known to the Greeks as Tyndareus.
Turan
Etruscan goddess identified with Greek Aphrodite and Roman Venus. She appears in the expression, Turan ati, "Mother Turan", equivalent to Venus Genetrix. Her name is a noun meaning "the act of giving" in Etruscan, based on the verb stem Tur- 'to give.'
Turms, Turmś
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."
Turnu
An Etruscan deity, a type of Eros, child of Turan.
Tusna
Perhaps from *Turansna, "of Turan." The swan of Turan.
Tute
The Greek hero, Tydeus.
Tv[?]th
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.
Tyrrhenus
An Etruscan culture hero and twin brother of Tarchon.
Uni
Supreme goddess of the Etruscan pantheon, wife of Tinia, mother of Hercle, and patroness of Perugia. With Tinia and Menrva, she was a member of the ruling triad of Etruscan deities. Uni was the equivalent of the Roman Juno, whose name Uni may be derived from, and the Greek Hera.
Urphe
The mythological figure, Orpheus.
Urusthe
The homeric legendary character, Orestes.
Usil
Etruscan deity identified with Greek Helios, Roman Sol.
Uthste
Legendary hero, Odysseus
Vanth
Etruscan winged demon of the underworld often depicted in the company of Charun. She could be present at the moment of death, and frequently acted as a guide of the deceased to the underworld.
Vea
Etruscan divinity, possibly taking its name from the city of Veii or vice versa.
Vecu, Vecui, Vecuvia, Vegoia
The prophetic nymph, Vegoia. See under Lasa Vecuvia, Begoë.
Veltha, Velthume, Vethune, Veltune
Etruscan deity, possible state god of the Etruscan league of Etruria, the Voltumna in the Latin expression Fanum Voltumnae, "shrine of Voltumna", which was their meeting place, believed located at Orvieto. The identification is based on reconstruction of a root *velthumna from Latin Voltumna, Vertumnus and Voltumnus of literary sources, probably from Etruscan veltha, "earth" or "field." Representations of a bearded male with a long spear suggest Velthune may be an epithet of Tinia.
Veiove, Veive, Vetis
Etruscan infernal deity whose temple stood at Rome near the Capitoline Hill. The identification is made from the deity's Latin names related by a number of ancient authors over the centuries: Vēi, Vēdi, Vēdii, Veiovis, Vediovis, Vediiovis, Vedius.
Velparun
The Greek hero, Elpenor.
Vesuna
Italic goddess mentioned also in the Iguvine Tables.
Vikare
Son of Taitle, the mythological figure of Icarus. The name is found inscribed once, on a golden bulla dating to the 5th century BCE now housed at the Walters Art Museum.
Vile, Vilae
Greek Iolaos, nephew of Hercle.
Achlae
Greek river god, Achelous.
Achle, Achile
Legendary hero of the Trojan War, from the Greek Achilles.
Achmemrun
Legendary king of Mycenaean Greece, from the Greek Agamemnon.
Achrum, Acharum
Legendary Greek river of the underworld, the Acheron.
Achvizr, Achuvesr, Achuvizr, Achviztr
Unknown character associated with Turan. It may be one of the Samothracian Grest Gods or Cabeiri (Άξίερος, perhaps from *Aχsiver-) according to É. Benveniste.
Aita, Eita
The Etruscan equivalent of the Greek god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, Hades.
Aivas Tlamunus, Aivas Vilates
Also Eivas or Evas. Etruscan equivalents of the Greek heroes Ajax, son of Telamon and Ajax, son of Oileus.
Alchumena
The Greek legendary character, Alcmena.
Alcstei, Alcsti
The Greek legendary character, Alcestis.
Alichsantre, Alechsantre, Alcsentre, Elchsntre, Elachśantre, Elachśntre, Elcste
The Trojan legendary character, Alexandrus, otherwise known as Paris.
Alpanu, Alpan, Alpnu
Etruscan goddess, whose name is identical to Etruscan "willingly."
Althaia
The Greek figure Althaea, mother of Meleager.
Ani
Divinity named on the periphery of the Piacenza Liver as dominant in that section. It seems to correspond to Martianus Capella's Templum I, north, ruled by Janus, for which Ani appears to be the Etruscan word.
Aminth
Etruscan winged deity in the form of a child, probably identified with Amor.
Amuce, Amuche, Amuke
The Greek legendary figure Amycus of the Argonauts myth.
Apulu, Aplu
The god, Apollo.
Areatha
The mythological figure, Ariadne.
Apru
Alternate Etruscan spelling of Aphrodite. See Turan.
Aril
Etruscan deity identified with Atlas.
Aritimi, Artumes
The goddess Artemis.
Ataiun
The mythological figure, Actaeon.
Athrpa
The deity, Atropos.
Atlenta, Atlnta
The mythological person, Atalanta.
Atmite
The legendary character, Admetus.
Atunis
The mythological figure, Adonis.
Aturmica
The mythological figure, Andromache, the Amazon.
Aulunthe
Etruscan, the name of a satyr.
Begoë, Vegoia
Etruscan nymph believed to have power over lightnings; she was also said to have composed a tract known as Ars Fulguritarum ("Art of the Thunderstruck"), which was included in the Roman pagan canon, along with the Sibylline Books.
Calaina
The Greek Nereid, Galena.
Calanice
A Greek name of Hercle, Kallinikos.
Calu
Etruscan infernal god of wolves, represented by a wolf.
Capne, Kapne
The legendary hero, Capaneus.
Caśntra
prophetess, Cassandra, of the Trojan War.
Castur
legendary figure, Castor.
Catha, Cavtha, Cath
An Etruscan deity, god and goddess, not well represented in the art. She appears in the expression ati cath, "Mother Cath" and also maru Cathsc, "the maru of Cath"; however, the nature of the maru is not known. She is also called śech, "daughter," which seems to fit Martianus Capella's identification of the ruler of Region VI of the sky as Celeritas solis filia, "Celerity the daughter of the sun." In the Piacenza Liver the corresponding region is ruled by Cath.
Catmite
The mythological figure, Ganymede, from an alternative Greek spelling, Gadymedes. From the Etruscan is Latin Catamitus.
Cel
Etruscan earth goddess, probably identified with Ge, as she had a giant for a son. Her name occurs in the expression ati Cel, "Mother Cel."
Celsclan
Etruscan Gigas, "son of Cel", identifying her as "Earth", as the giants in Greek mythology were the offspring of the earth.
Cerca
enchantress of the Odyssey, Circe.
Chaluchasu
Translation of Greek panchalkos, "wholly of bronze", perhaps the robot of Crete, Talos.
Charun, Charu
The mythological figure, Charon.
Chelphun
An Etruscan satyr.
Cilens
Also Celens.
Cluthumustha, Clutmsta
The female legendary character, Clytemnestra.
Crapsti
Umbrian local deity, Grabouie.
Crisitha
The heroine of the Trojan War, the Greek name Chryseis.
Culsans
God of doors and doorways, corresponding to the two-faced Roman god Janus.
Culsu
Also Cul. A female underworld demon who was associated with gateways. Her attributes included a torch and scissors. She was often represented next to Culsans.
Easun, Heasun. Heiasun
Etruscan version of the mythological hero Jason.
Ecapa
The tragic heroine of the Trojan War, Hecuba.
Ectur
Hero of the Trojan War, Hector.
Elinei, Elinai, Elina
The character Helen of Trojan War fame.
Enie
Greek Enyo, one of the Graeae.[16]
Epiur, Epeur
Greek epiouros, "guardian", a boy presented to Tinia by Hercle, possibly Tages.
Ermania
legendary character Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
Eris
divinity Eris.
Erus
divinity Eros.
Esplace
legendary healer, Asklepios.
Ethausva, Eth
Etruscan goddess, attendant at the birth of Menrva.
Etule
Greek Aitolos, confused with his brother, Epeios, who built the Trojan horse.
Euturpa, Euterpe
The Greek divinity, Euterpe.
Evan
An attendant on Turan, sometimes male, sometimes female.
Evtucle, [Ev]thucle
The hero, Eteocles.
Feronia
An obscure rural goddess primarily known from the various Roman cults who worshipped her.
Fufluns
Etruscan god of wine, identified with Dionysus. The name is used in the expressions Fufluns Pacha (Bacchus) and Fufluns Pachie. Puplona (Populonia) was named from Fufluns.
Hamphiare, Amphare
Legendary seer, Amphiaraus.
Hathna
Etruscan satyr.
Hercle, Hercele, Herecele, Herkle, Hrcle
Etruscan form of the legendary hero known to the Greeks as Hēraklēs and the Romans as Hercules. With Perseus, the main Etruscan hero, the adopted son of Uni/Juno, who suckled the adult Hercle. His image appears more often than any other on Etruscan carved hardstones. His name appears on the bronze Piacenza Liver, used for divination (hepatoscopy), a major element of Etruscan religious practice. His Etruscan epithet, sometimes substituted for his name, is Calanice, "beautiful victory", derived from Greek Kallinikos
Hipece
The magic spring, Hippocrene, represented in Etruscan art as a water spout in the form of a lion's head.
Horta
Goddess of agriculture (highly conjectural).
Ilithiia
The goddess of childbirth, known to the Greeks as Eileithyia. Occurs also in the expression flereś atis ilithiial, "statue of mother Eileithyia."
Iynx
An Etruscan mythological creature, a bird of love.
Laran
Etruscan God of war.
Lasa
One of a class of deities, plural Lasas, mainly female, but sometimes male, from which the Roman Lares came. Where the latter were the guardians of the dead, the Etruscan originals formed the court of Turan. Lasa often precedes an epithet referring to a particular deity: Lasa Sitmica, Lasa Achununa, Lasa Racuneta, Lasa Thimrae, Lasa Vecuvia.
Lasa Vecuvia
Goddess of prophecy, associated with the nymph Vegoia. See under Begoë.
Latva
The mythological person also known as Leda.
Leinth
Etruscan divinity, male and female, possibly related to lein, Etruscan word for "to die", but does not appear in any death scenes.
Letham, Lethns, Letha, Lethms, Leta
An Etruscan infernal goddess.
Letun
The goddess known to the Greeks as Leto.
Lunc, Lnche
The legendary figure, Lynceus.
Malavisch
Etruscan divinity of the mirrors, probably from malena, "mirror."
Man, Mani
Etruscan class of spirits representing "the dead"[24] and yet not the same as a hinthial, "ghost." From the Mani came the Latin Manes, which are both "the good" and the deified spirits of the dead.
Mania
Etruscan infernal deity, one of a dyad including Mantus. She went on into Latin literature, ruling beside Mantus and was reported to be the mother of the Lares and Manes. Under the Etruscan kings, she received the sacrifices of slain children during the Laralia festival of May 1. She continued to survive in post-classical Tuscan folklore as Mania della Notte, a nocturnal spirit bringing nightmares.
Mantus
Etruscan infernal deity, one of a dyad including Mania. A tradition of Latin literature names the Etruscan city of Manthua, later Mantua, after the deity.
Mariś
A class of divinity used with epithets: mariś turans, mariś husurnana, mariś menitla, mariś halna, mariś isminthians. The appearances in art are varied: a man, a youth, a group of babies cared for by Menrva. The Roman god, Mars, is believed to have come from this name. Pallottino refers to the formation of a god by "... fusing groups of beings ... into one." Of Mars he says "... the protecting spirits of war, represented as armed heroes, tend to coalesce into a single deity, the Etrusco-Roman Mars, on the model of the Greek god Ares."
Mean, Meanpe
Etruscan deity, equivalent of Nike or Victoria.
Meleacr
The legendary figure,known to the Greeks as Meleager.
Memnum, Memrum
Memnon, a Trojan saved from Achle by his mother, Thesan.
Menerva, Menrva
The Etruscan original to the Roman Minerva, made into Greek Athena.
Menle
The hero Menelaus, of Trojan War fame.
Metaia, Metua, Metvia
The mythological character, Medea.
Metus
The Gorgon, Medusa. The head appears on the Aegis of Menrva as a Gorgoneion.
Mlacuch
A young Etruscan woman kidnapped by Hercle.
Munthukh
Goddess of love and health, and one of the attendants of Turan
Nestur
The legendary hero, Nestor.
Nethuns
Italic divinity, probably Umbrian, of springs and water, identified with Greek Poseidon and Roman Neptune, from which the name comes. It occurs in the expression flere Nethuns, "the divinity of Nethuns."
Nortia
Goddess of fate and chance. Unattested in Etruscan texts but mentioned by Roman historian Livy. Her attribute was a nail, which was driven into a wall in her temple during the Etruscan new year festival as a fertility rite.
Orcus was an Etruscan god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. He was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant.
Pacha
Roman Bacchus, an epithet of Fufluns.
Palmithe, Talmithe
The hero, Palamedes.
Pantasila, Pentasila
The Greek name, Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons.
Patrucle
Patroclus, of Trojan War fame.
Pava Tarchies
Etruscan Tarchies in an expression: "boy Tarchies." See under Tarchies.
Pecse, Pakste
The name of the legendary winged horse, Pegasus, assigned by the Etruscans to the Trojan Horse.
Pele
The hero Peleus.
Pemphetru
Greek Pemphredo, one of the Graeae.
Perse, Pherse
The mythological hero, Perseus.
Phaun, Faun, Phamu
The mythological character, Phaon.
Phersipnai, Phersipnei, Persipnei, Proserpnai
Queen of the underworld, equivalent to the Greek Persephone and Roman Proserpina.
Phersu
A divinity of the mask, probably from Greek prosopon, "face". The god becomes adjectival, *phersuna, from which Latin persona.
Phuinis
The Greek Phoinix, friend of Peleus.
Phulsphna
The legendary figure Polyxena.
Prisis
The Greek Briseis mentioned in the Iliad.
Priumne
Priam king of Troy.
Prumathe
The Greek mythological figure Prometheus.
Puanea
Etruscan name of a satyr.
Pultuce, Pulutuce, Pulutuke, Pultuke
One of the mythological twins, known to the Greeks as Pollux
Rath
Etruscan deity identified with Apollo. Tarquinia was his sanctuary.
Rathmtr
The Greek mythological character, Rhadamanthys.
Satre
Etruscan deity, source of the Roman god, Saturn.
Sime
An Etruscan satyr who has a Greek name.
Selvans
God who appears in the expression Selvansl Tularias, "Selvans of the boundaries", which identifies him as a god of boundaries. The name is either borrowed from the Roman god, Silvanus or the original source of the Roman god's name.
Semla
The Greek goddess, Semele.
Sethlans
Etruscan blacksmith and craftsman God, often wielding an axe. Equivalent to the Greek Hephaistos and Roman Vulcanus. See also under Velchans below.
Sispe, Sisphe
The legendary king, Sisyphus.
Svutaf
A winged Etruscan deity whose name, if from the same Latin root as the second segment of persuade, might mean "yearning" and therefore be identifiable with Eros.
Tages
See under Tarchies.
Taitle
The Etruscan form of the mythological figure Daedalus.
Tarchies
Occurs in Pava Tarchies, label of a central figure in depictions of divination, who, along with Epiur, a divinatory child, is believed to be the same as Tages, founder of the Etruscan religion, mentioned by Roman authors.
Tarchon
An Etruscan culture hero who, with his brother, Tyrrhenus, founded the Etruscan Federation of twelve cities.
Tecum
God of the lucomenes, or ruling class.
Techrs
From the Greek, the Trojan War hero, Teucer.
Telmun, Tlamun, Talmun, Tlamu
A legendary Argonaut, Telamon.
Teriasals, Teriasa
Legendary blind prophet, Tiresias.
Thalna, Thalana, Talna
Etruscan divine figure of multiple roles shown male, female and androgynous: it attends the births of Menrva and Fufluns, dances as a Maenad and expounds prophecy. In Greek thallein, "to bloom". A number of divinities fit the etymology: Greek Thallo and Hebe and Roman Iuventas, "youth."
Thanr
An Etruscan deity shown present at the births of deities.
Thesan
Etruscan goddess of the dawn. She was identified with the Roman Aurora and Greek Eos.
These
A hero who is the equivalent of Theseus.
Thethis
nymph Thetis, mother of Achilles.
Thetlvmth
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.
Thevrumines
Minotaur
Thufltha
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.
Tinia, Tina, Tin
Chief Etruscan god, the ruler of the skies, husband of Uni, and father of Hercle, identified with the Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter well within the Etruscan window of ascendance, as the Etruscan kings built the first temple of Jupiter at Rome. Called apa, "father" in inscriptions (parallel to the -piter in Ju-piter), he has most of the attributes of his Indo-European counterpart, with whom some have postulated a more remote linguistic connection. The name means "day" in Etruscan. He is the god of boundaries and justice. He is depicted as a young, bearded male, seated or standing at the center of the scene, grasping a stock of thunderbolts. According to Latin literature, the bolts are of three types: for warning, good or bad interventions, and drastic catastrophes. Unlike Zeus, Tin needs the permission of the Dii Consentes (consultant gods) and Dii Involuti (hidden gods) to wield the last two categories. A further epithet, Calusna (of Calu), hints at a connection to wolves or dogs and the underworld. In post-classical Tuscan folklore he became an evil spirit, Tigna, who causes lightning strikes, hail, rain, whirlwinds and mildew.
Tinas cliniar
Etruscan expression, "sons of Tina", designating the Dioscuri, proving that Tin was identified with Zeus.
Tiur, Tivr, Tiv
Etruscan deity identified with Greek Selene and Roman Luna (goddess).
Tlusc, Tluscv, Mar Tlusc
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual. The corresponding region in Martianus Capella is ruled by Sancus, an Italic god and Sabine progenitor, who had a temple on the Quirinal Hill, and appears on an Etruscan boundary stone in the expression Selvans Sanchuneta, in which Sanchuneta seems to refer to the oaths establishing the boundary. Sancus probably comes from Latin sancire, "to ratify an oath."
Truia, Truials
Troy, Trojan, the city of the Iliad.
Tuchulcha
An Etruscan demon.
Tuntle
The legendary figure, known to the Greeks as Tyndareus.
Turan
Etruscan goddess identified with Greek Aphrodite and Roman Venus. She appears in the expression, Turan ati, "Mother Turan", equivalent to Venus Genetrix. Her name is a noun meaning "the act of giving" in Etruscan, based on the verb stem Tur- 'to give.'
Turms, Turmś
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."
Turnu
An Etruscan deity, a type of Eros, child of Turan.
Tusna
Perhaps from *Turansna, "of Turan." The swan of Turan.
Tute
The Greek hero, Tydeus.
Tv[?]th
Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.
Tyrrhenus
An Etruscan culture hero and twin brother of Tarchon.
Uni
Supreme goddess of the Etruscan pantheon, wife of Tinia, mother of Hercle, and patroness of Perugia. With Tinia and Menrva, she was a member of the ruling triad of Etruscan deities. Uni was the equivalent of the Roman Juno, whose name Uni may be derived from, and the Greek Hera.
Urphe
The mythological figure, Orpheus.
Urusthe
The homeric legendary character, Orestes.
Usil
Etruscan deity identified with Greek Helios, Roman Sol.
Uthste
Legendary hero, Odysseus
Vanth
Etruscan winged demon of the underworld often depicted in the company of Charun. She could be present at the moment of death, and frequently acted as a guide of the deceased to the underworld.
Vea
Etruscan divinity, possibly taking its name from the city of Veii or vice versa.
Vecu, Vecui, Vecuvia, Vegoia
The prophetic nymph, Vegoia. See under Lasa Vecuvia, Begoë.
Veltha, Velthume, Vethune, Veltune
Etruscan deity, possible state god of the Etruscan league of Etruria, the Voltumna in the Latin expression Fanum Voltumnae, "shrine of Voltumna", which was their meeting place, believed located at Orvieto. The identification is based on reconstruction of a root *velthumna from Latin Voltumna, Vertumnus and Voltumnus of literary sources, probably from Etruscan veltha, "earth" or "field." Representations of a bearded male with a long spear suggest Velthune may be an epithet of Tinia.
Veiove, Veive, Vetis
Etruscan infernal deity whose temple stood at Rome near the Capitoline Hill. The identification is made from the deity's Latin names related by a number of ancient authors over the centuries: Vēi, Vēdi, Vēdii, Veiovis, Vediovis, Vediiovis, Vedius.
Velparun
The Greek hero, Elpenor.
Vesuna
Italic goddess mentioned also in the Iguvine Tables.
Vikare
Son of Taitle, the mythological figure of Icarus. The name is found inscribed once, on a golden bulla dating to the 5th century BCE now housed at the Walters Art Museum.
Vile, Vilae
Greek Iolaos, nephew of Hercle.
