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| Etruscan Deities Aita - ruler of the dead & personification of the underworld Aivas - aivas tlamunus, aivas vilates - "Terror" Ani - God of beginnings, sky god Aplu - weather god, thunder and lightning, wears laurel wreath, holds staff and laurel twig. Artumes - Goddess of night and death. Growth in Nature. Atuns - rebirth god, voice of the gods, consort for turan. Cautha, Cath - sun god, often shown rising from the ocean. Cel - mother/father earth Charontes - Etruscan demons of death Cul - Culsa, the etruscan demoness, guards of the underworld. Evan - goddress of personal immortality, belongs to the Lasa Ethausva - winged lady in service to Tinia. Februus - purification, initiation & the dead Ferona - goddess who protects freedmen, associated with woodlands, fire, & fertility. Fufluns/Pacha - god of wine, rebirth, spring, wild nature, fertility. Horta - goddess of agriculture Herc - strength and water Karun - demon of death. red hair, feathered wings and an axe or hammer. Laran - god of war, youth with helmet and spear. Lasa Vecu - prophesy The Lasa - female deities, guardians of graves. mirrors and wreaths. Leinth - faceless goddess. waits at the gates of the underworld with Eita. Letham - protector, lives in Eita (underworld). Lusna - Moon goddess Mania &Mantus - guardians of the underworld. Maris - Agriculture, fertility, savior god Menrva - goddess of wisdom and the arts. Nethuns - god of water and moisture. trident, anchor, seahorse, dolphins. Nortia - goddess of fate and fortune. Persipnei - queen of the underworld. Satres - god of time and necessity, father time. Selva - earth god, woodlands Semla - in common mother and child motif Sethlans, Velchans - axe god, fire, the forge. Silenus - the satyr, wild nature. Tarchies - boy, oracle, voice of the gods, 2 snakes for legs. Tecum - god of the ruling class. Thalna - winged lady, goddess associated with childbirth. Thesan - goddess of dawn, chilbirth Thethlumth - underworld deity, fate Tuchlucha - grotesque demon, horses ears, a vultures beak, and snakes in his hands. Thufltha - a fury, inflicts punishment on behalf of Tins Tinia/Tins - supreme god, sky god. lightning bolts, a spear, and a scepter. Tiv(r) - moon deity Tluscva - tellus and Tellumo, earth mother and father Turan - goddess of love, health, fertility. young woman with wings, pigeon, black swan. Turms - trade and merchandise, messenger of the gods. winged shoes. Turns Aitas - "hermes of Hades" leader of the dead. Tvath - goddess of resurrection, love for the dead. Uni - supreme goddess, goddess of cosmos. Usil - sun god Veive - god of revenge. youth with laurel wreath & arrows in hand, goat. Vanth - female demon of death Veltha - original god of the Etruscans, god of change, seasons. Vetis - underworld god of death and destruction. |