Etruscan Deity |
Other Equiv. |
Comments |
Aita,Eita |
Pluto |
Ruler of the dead & personification of the underworld. Wolf's head from Greek Hades |
Aivas, Eivas, Evas |
Ajax |
aivas tlamunus, aivas vilates - Terror " |
Ani |
Janus |
God of Beginnings. Sky god (North) Note: Ani/Ana (male/female) |
Aplu |
Apollo |
Weather God:Thunder and lightning. Wears laurel Wreath, holds staff & laurel twig. |
Artumes/Artimi |
Artemis |
Goddess of night and death, Growth in nature. |
Atuns |
Adonis |
Rebirth God. *(Boy, Oracle, Voice of the Gods.) Consort for Turan |
Cautha, Cath |
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Sun god. Often shown rising from the ocean. |
Cel,Cilens |
Celens |
Equivalent of Greek Gaia. Ati/Apa Cel: Mother/ Father Earth |
Charontes |
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Etruscan demons of death. Name suggests a connection with Charun/Charon. |
Cul, Culsu |
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Culsu: The Etruscan demoness: guards the underworld. Torch & scissors. |
Evan |
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Goddess of personal immortality, belongs to the Lasa |
Ethausva |
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Winged Lady in service to Tinia |
Februus |
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Purification, Initiation & the dead. Associated with February |
Feronia |
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Etruscan Goddess who protects freedmen, associated with woodlands, fire & fertility. |
Fufluns, (Pacha?) |
Bacchus? |
God of wine, Rebirth, Spring. Wild Nature. Fertility.Son of the earth-goddess Semia. |
Horta |
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Goddess of Agriculture |
Herc/Horacle/Hercle |
Heracles |
Strength & Water ? |
Karun/Charun |
Charon |
Demon of death; Blue Demon? With Red hair and snake, feathered wings and an axe or hammer. Or human with red hair & beard. |
Laran |
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God of war. Youth with helmet and spear |
The Lasa: Alpan, Evan, Racuneta & Vecu |
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Female deities, guardians of graves. Attributes: mirrors & wreaths. |
Lasa Vecu |
Nymph Vegoia |
Prophesy |
Leinth |
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Faceless goddess. Waits at the Gates of the Underworld with Eita |
Letham/Lethans |
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Protector, lives in Eita (underworld) |
Lusna, Losna |
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Moon Goddess |
Mania & Mantus |
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Guardians of the underworld. Mantus is associated with the city Mantua |
Maris |
Mars |
Agriculture. Fertility. Savior God. |
Menrva |
Minerva |
Goddess of Wisdom & the arts. Born from the head of Tinia |
Nethuns |
Neptune |
God of Water & Moisture.Trident,anchor seahorse,dolphins |
Nortia |
Fortuna |
Goddess of fate and fortune. At the beginning of the New Year a nail was driven into a wall in her sanctuary as a fertility rite. |
Persipnei/Ferspnai |
Persephone/ Prosperpine |
Queen of the Underworld. |
Satres |
Saturn |
God of time and necessity. Old man carrying a
sickle and hour glass.
sand |
Selva |
Silvanus |
Earth God,Woodlands |
Semla |
Semele |
Mother of Atuns. In common Mother and child motif. |
Sethlans, Velchans |
Vulcan |
Axe God. Fire, the Forge |
Silenus |
Silenus |
The Satyr. *Wild Nature" |
Tarchies,Tages |
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Boy, Oracle, Voice of the Gods. Appeared from ploughed field. 2 snakes for legs |
Tecum |
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God of the Lucomones(Ruling class) |
Thalna |
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Winged Lady. Lover of Tinia. Goddess associated with childbirth |
Thesan |
Aurora ? |
Goddess of the Dawn, Childbirth |
Thethlumth |
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Underworld deity, fate |
Tuchulcha |
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Grotesque demon. Horse's ears, a vulture's beak and snakes in his hands. |
Thufltha(s) |
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A fury: Inflicts punishment on behalf of Tins |
Tinia Tins |
Jupiter |
Supreme God. Sky god.With Uni, & Menrva forms a triad of gods. Attributes: Lightning bolts, spear and a scepter. |
Tiv(r) |
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Moon deity (cf Germanic Tiw) |
Tluscva (Tellus and Tellumo) |
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Tellus and Tellumo, Earth mother and father. |
Turan |
Venus |
Goddess of love, health & fertility, Goddess of the city Vulci. Usually portrayed as a young woman with wings on her back. Attributes: Pigeon and black swan. Accompanied by the Lasas. Wife of Maris. |
Turms |
Mercury |
Trade and Merchandise. Messenger of the Gods. Winged shoes / Heralds staff |
Turns Aitas |
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"Hermes of Hades" Leader of the dead. |
Tvath |
Demeter |
Goddess of Resurrection, Love for the Dead |
Uni |
Juno |
The supreme goddess. She is the goddess of the cosmos, City goddess of Perugia. Together with her husband Tinia and the goddess Menrva she forms a triad. Mother of Hercle (Hercules). |
Usil |
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Sun God |
Veive |
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God of revenge: Youth with laurel wreath & arrows in hand. A goat stands next to him. |
Vanth |
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female demon of death. Lives in the underworld. With the eyes on her wings she sees all and is omni-present. Herald of death and can assist a sick person on his deathbed. Attributes:snake,torch & key. |
Veltha |
Voltumna, Vertumnus |
Original God of the Etruscans, Patron of the Etruscan League
Centred on the Fanum Voltumnae in Volsinii.God of Change,Seasons. |
Vetis |
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Underworld god of death and destruction |