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{{Short description|none}}This is a list of deities and legendary figures found in Etruscan mythology.The names below were taken mainly from Etruscan “picture bilinguals�, which are Etruscan call-outs on art depicting mythological scenes or motifs. Several different media provide names. Variants of the names are given, reflecting differences in language in different localities and times.Many of the names are Etruscan spellings (and pronunciations) of Greek names. The themes may or may not be entirely Greek. Etruscans frequently added their own themes to Greek myths. The same may be said of native Italic names rendered into Etruscan. Some names are entirely Etruscan, which is often a topic of debate in the international forum of scholarship.“>

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! Deity! Description

A}} ‘’’{{va	| Greek river god Achelous.The Bonfantes (2002), page 192.

Achvizr}}, {{va	Achuvizr}}, {{va	>	Turan. It may be one of the Samothracian Great Gods or Cabeiri ({{math>Άξίερος}}, perhaps from *Aχsiver-) according to É. Benveniste.É. Benveniste “Nom et origine de la déesse étrusque Acaviser� in Studi Etruschi 3’’’1929 pp. 249–258.

{{va>ais}} ({{abbr	plural}} ‘’’{{va	),{{va>eis}}’’’ ({{abbr	plural}} ‘’’{{va	’) >| general term for gods.The Bonfantes (1983).L. Bouke van der Meer’s review of Il liber linteus di Zagabria: testualità e contenuto:’’ (Biblioteca di “Studi Etruschi� 50, byValentina Belfiore, Pisa/Roma: Fabrizio Serra editore, 2010. ISBN 9788862271943) in Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2011) 1.36.bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2011/2011.01.36/

{{va>aiser si}}	gods of light.

{{va>aiser seu}}	gods of darkness.

Aita	Aita (mythology)>Aita}}, {{va		#Åšuri>Åšuri, Etruscan equivalent of the Greek god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, Hades.

Alpanu	Alpanu}}, {{va>Alpan}}, {{va	| Etruscan goddess, whose name is identical to Etruscan “willingly�.

{{va>Aminth}}	Etruscan winged deity in the form of a child, probably identified with Amor.The Bonfantes (2002), page 194.

{{va>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.Rykwert page 140. The liver and a list of names is depicted in Hooper & Schwartz page 223.

Apulu	Apulu}}, {{va>Aplu}}’’’	Epithet of Śuri, Etruscan equivalent to the god Apollo.

{{va>Apru}}	Alternate Etruscan spelling of Aphrodite. See Turan.de Grummond, N.T. & Simon, E. (eds). (2006). The Religion of the Etruscans. Austin, TX. University of Texas Press.

{{va>Aril}}	Etruscan deity identified with Atlas.

Aritimi}}, {{va	| The goddess Artemis.

{{va>Athrpa}}	The goddess Atropos, one of the Moirai.

B}}{{anchor	Calu	Calu}}’ >	#Śuri>Śuri,Bouke van der Meer, Lammert “The Lead Plaque of Magliano,� in: Interpretando l’antico. Scritti di archeologia offerti a Maria Bonghi Jovino’’. Milano 2013 (Quaderni di Acme 134) pp. 323-341 (327) Etruscan infernal god of wolves, represented by a wolf.De Grummond page 55. Associated with #Tinia	and #Selvans>Selvans.

Catha	Catha (mythology)>Catha}}, {{va	Cath}}’’’	An Etruscan deity, god and goddess, not well represented in the art. She appears in the expression ati cath, “Mother Cath“The Bonfantes (2002), page 196 and also maru Cathsc, “the maru of Cath�. The nature of the maru is not known. She is also called śech, “daughter,“De Grummond page 105. 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.Thulin pages 50 and 65. Van der Meer considers Cautha/Cavtha/Cavatha to be a separate deity from Cath(a), the former being a kind of Aurora or “eye of the sun� as well as an underworld deity who is paired with Śuri.Bouke van der Meer, Lammert “The Lead Plaque of Magliano,� in: Interpretando l’antico. Scritti di archeologia offerti a Maria Bonghi Jovino. Milano 2013 (Quaderni di Acme 134) pp. 323-341 (328)

Cel	Cel (goddess)>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.�

{{va>Crapsti}}	Jupiter-like deity in Liber Linteus, the name seems to be from an Umbrian local deity Grabouie.The Bonfantes (2002), page 215.

Culsans	Culsans}}’’’, {{va>Culsu}}	Two-faced god of doors and doorways, corresponding to the two-faced Roman god Janus (mythology)	. {{va>Cul}} is Etruscan for “door.â€es.Pseudopedia.org/wiki/Sarc%C3%B3fago_de_Laris_Pulenas

{{va>Eita}}	Greek Hades seen on the Golini Tomb with Persephone (here Phersipnei)Poulsen, Frederik (1922). Etruscan Tomb Paintings. Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 50 See Aita above

D}}{{anchor	{{va>Enie}}	Greek Enyo, one of the Graeae.

{{va>Eris}}	The goddess Eris.

{{va>Erus}}	The god Eros.

{{va>Esplace}}	The legendary healer, Asklepios.

Ethausva}}, {{va	| Etruscan goddess, attendant at the birth of Menrva.

Euturpa}}, {{va	| The Greek goddess Euterpe.

F}} ‘’’{{va	text=Feronia (mythology)	}}’’’ >		AT=BOOK 1, CHAPTER 30, SECTION 5,

Fufluns	Fufluns}}’ >	Dionysus. The name is used in the expressions Fufluns Pacha (Dionysus>Bacchus) and Fufluns Pachie.Leland, Chapter IV, Faflon.’’ Puplona (Populonia) was named from Fufluns.

G}}{{anchor	Horta	Horta (mythology)>Horta}}’’’	Goddess of agriculture (highly conjectural).

Hercle	Hercle}}, {{va>Hercele}}, {{va	Herkle}}, {{va		Heracles>Hēraklēs, Roman Hercules. With Perseus, the main Etruscan Greek hero	, the adopted son of Uni (mythology)>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.

I}} ‘’’{{va	’ >| The goddess of childbirth, known to the Greeks as Eileithyia. Occurs also in the expression flereś atis ilithiial’’, “statue of mother Eileithyia.�

J}}{{anchor	L}} ‘’’{{va	text=Laran}}’’’	Etruscan god of war.The Bonfantes (2002), page 200.

Lasa	Lares>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.

{{va>Lasa Vecuvia}}	Goddess of prophecy, associated with the nymph Vegoia. See under Begoë.

Leinth	Leinth}}’ >| Etruscan divinity, male and female,De Grummond page 21. possibly related to lein’’, Etruscan word for “to die�, but does not appear in any death scenes.

Letham}}, {{va	Letha}}, {{va	Leta}}’’’	An Etruscan infernal goddess.

{{va>Letun}}	The goddess known to the Greeks as Leto.

Lur	Lur (deity)>Lur}}’’’	Underworld deity of prophecy and of war, whose cult may have involved human sacrifice. His name may mean “pale� (in contrast to ŚuriŚuri).L. B. van der Meer Liber linteus zagrabiensis. The Linen Book of Zagreb. A Comment on the Longest Etruscan Text. Louvain/Dudley, MA 2007 pp.99-11De Grummond, Nancy Thomas “The cult of Lur : prophecy and human sacrifice?� in Mediterranea : quaderni annuali dell’Istituto di studi sulle civiltà italiche e del Mediterraneo antico del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, già Quaderni di archeologia etrusco-italica : XI, 2014, pp. 153-162

M}} ‘’’{{va	’ >| Etruscan divinity of the mirrors, probably from malena’’, “mirror.“The Bonfantes (2002), page 201.

Mania	Mania (mythology)>Mania}}’’’	Etruscan infernal deity, forming a dyad with Manth ().Pallottino, page 162. She went on into Latin literature, ruling beside Mantus and was reported to be the mother of the Lares and Manes.For a summary of her classical life, see Seyffert’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities under “Mania�, online at weblink {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906204704www.ancientlibrary.com/seyffert/0376.html|date=2007-09-06}} ancientlibrary.com. Under the Etruscan kings, she received the sacrifices of slain children during the Laralia festival of May 1.Summers, page 24, quotes Macrobius, Saturnalia I vii on this topic.

Manth	Manth}}’’’ >	#Śuri>Śuri, Etruscan infernal deity, one of a dyad including Mania. A tradition of Latin literatureVirgil Aeneid Book X lines 199–200 says that it was named after the prophetess Manto (mythology)	, but Maurus Servius Honoratus>Servius’ gloss on Line 199 says that the city was named after Mantus and that he was Dispater, which corresponds to Aulus Caecina Severus (writer)	’s view that Tarchon dedicated all the Etruscan cities of the Po River>Po valley to Dispater. De Grummond, pages 141, 205. names the Etruscan city of Manthua, later Mantua, after the deity.

MariÅ›	Maris (mythology)>MariÅ›}}, {{va	’ >	mariÅ› turans, mariÅ› husurnana, mariÅ› menitla, mariÅ› halna, mariÅ› isminthians. The appearances in art are varied: a man, a youth, a group of babies cared for by Menrva’’. The Roman god, Mars (mythology)>Mars, is believed to have come from this name. Pallottino refers to the formation of a god by “... fusing groups of beings ... into one.â€� 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.“Page 159. But L. Bonfane writes: “MariÅ› is not Mars, but a local divinity who, according to one interpretation, lived for the considerable period of 130 years, and had three lives.“Bonfante, Larissa. Etruscan: Reading the Past. UCalP. 1990. p. 32 The roots of the Italic god end in a -t, while no such ending is visible in the Etruscan form, which instead has in -i not seen in the Italic forms.

Mean}}, {{va		Nike (mythology)>Nike or Victoria.

Menerva}}, {{va	text=Menrva}}’’’	The Etruscan original to the Roman Minerva, made into Greek Athena.

{{va>Munthukh}}	Goddess of love and health, and one of the attendants of Turan

N}} ‘’’{{va	’ >	Umbrian, of springs and water, identified with Greek Poseidon and Roman Neptune (mythology)>Neptune, from which the name comes.De Grummond page 59. It occurs in the expression flere Nethuns’’, “the divinity of Nethuns.“Bonnefoy page 30.

Nortia	Nortia}}’’’ >	Livy.Livy vii. 3. 7 Her attribute was a nail (engineering)>nail, which was driven into a wall in her temple during the Etruscan new year festival as a fertility rite.

O}} ‘’’{{va	text=Orcus}}’’’	Etruscan god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. He was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant.

P}} ‘’’{{va		Dionysus>Bacchus, an epithet of Fufluns.

{{va>Pemphetru}}	Greek Pemphredo, one of the Graeae.

Phersipnai	Phersipnai}}, {{va>Phersipnei}}, {{va	Proserpnai}}’’’	Queen of the underworld, equivalent to the Greek Persephone and Roman Proserpina.

{{va>Phersu}}	A divinity of the mask, probably from Greek (wikt:πρόσωπον	πρόσωπον}}) “face�.The face theory is presented, among other reputable sources, by Eric Partridge, Origins, {{ISBN	*phersuna, from which Latin (wikt:persona#Latin>persona).

{{va>Prumathe}}	The Greek mythological figure Prometheus.The Bonfantes (2002) page 204.

Q}}{{anchor	{{va>Rath}}	Epithet of Åšuri, Etruscan deity identified with Apollo. Tarquinia was his sanctuary.

S}} ‘’’{{va	text=Satre (Etruscan god)	}}’’’ >	Saturn (mythology)>Saturn.

Selvans	Selvans (mythology)>Selvans}}’’’	God who appears in the expression Selvansl Tularias, “Selvans of the boundaries�, which identifies him as a god of boundaries. But also Selvans Calusta (see Calus above). The name is either borrowed from the Roman god, Silvanus (mythology)	or the original source of the Silvanus (mythology)>Roman god’s name.

Sethlans	Sethlans (mythology)>Sethlans}}’’’	Etruscan blacksmith and craftsman god, often wielding an axe. Equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus	and Roman Vulcan (mythology)>Vulcanus.

Summanus	Summanus}}’’’ >| Etruscan god of nocturnal thunder, often said to be Zeus’s twin or opposite.

Śuri	Śuri}}’ >	Dīs Pater. The name is from Etruscan sur- “black,� and may contrast with another deity, Lur whose name probably means “pale.“Bouke van der Meer, Lammert “The Lead Plaque of Magliano,� in: Interpretando l’antico. Scritti di archeologia offerti a Maria Bonghi Jovino. Milano 2013 (Quaderni di Acme 134) pp. 323-341 (335) One of his epithets may be {{va>Savcne}}, since the two appear together on a bronze oracle sheet from an are called in ancient times “Sorrina� possibly from Etruscan *Surrina.van der Meer, L. B. (2014) “Some comment on the Tabula Capuana�, in Studi Etruschi 77’’, 149-175, p. 153.

{{va>Svutaf}}	A winged Etruscan deity whose name, if from the same Latin root as the (wikt:suadeo#Latin|second segment of persuade), might mean “yearning� and therefore be identifiable with Eros.

T}} ‘’’{{va	’ >| God of the lucomenes’’, or ruling class.

Thalna	Thalna}}, {{va>Thalana}}, {{va	’ >	Menrva and Fufluns’’, dance as a Maenad and expound prophecy. In Greek (wikt:θάλλω>{{math	Thallo and Hebe (mythology)>Hebe, and Roman Iuventas, “youth.“De Grummond pages 152–153.

{{va>Thanr}}	An Etruscan deity shown present at the births of deities.

Thesan	Thesan}}’’’ >	Aurora (mythology)>Aurora and Greek Eos.

{{va>Thetlvmth}}	Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.The Bonfantes (2002), page 174.

{{va>Thufltha}}	Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.

Tinia	Tinia}}, {{va>Tina}}, {{va	’ >	Zeus and Roman Jupiter (mythology)>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 NOSTRATIC MACROFAMILY: A STUDY IN DISTANT LINGUISTIC RELATIONSHIPS >YEAR=1994	LAST1=BORNHARD	LAST2=KERNS	ISBN=3-11-013900-6	Graeae?) to wield the last two categories. A further epithet, Calusna (of #Calu>Calu), hints at a connection to wolves or dogs and the underworld.

Tiur}}, {{va	Tiv}}’’’	Etruscan deity identified with Greek Selene and Roman Luna (goddess).

Tlusc}}, {{va	Mar Tlusc}}’’’	Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.Thulin page 59. 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 (wikt:sancio#Latin|sancīre), “to ratify an oath.“De Grummond, page 50, features a diagram comparing Capella and the liver, while page 149 presents the boundary stone.

Turan	Turan (mythology)>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.’

Turmś}}, {{va	text=Turms}}’’’	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.�

{{va>Turnu}}	An Etruscan deity, a type of Eros, child of Turan.

TVth}} TV[?]th	Unknown deity of the Piacenza Liver, which is not a picture bilingual.

U}} ‘’’{{va	text=Uni (mythology)	}}’ >	Tinia, mother of Hercle, and patroness of Perugia. With Tinia and Menrva, she was a member of the ruling Capitoline Triad>triad of Etruscan deities. Uni was the equivalent of the Greek Hera and the Roman Juno, from whose name the name Uni’’ may be derived.

Usil	Usil}}’’’ >	#Śuri>Śuri, Etruscan deity identified with Greek Helios, Roman Sol.

V}} ‘’’{{va	| Etruscan divinity, possibly taking its name from the city of Veii or vice versa.

Veltha}}, {{va	Vethune}}, {{va	’ >	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, “chthonic>earth� or “field�. Representations of a bearded male with a long spear suggest Velthune may be an epithet of Tinia’’.A good development of the concept can be found in Harmon.

Veiove	Veiovis>Veiove}}, {{va	Vetis}}’’’	Epithet of Śuri, 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.Lewis & Short, Latin Lexicon, available online at www.perseus.com.

{{va>Vesuna}}	Italic goddess mentioned also in the Iguvine Tables.

W}}{{anchor	Y}}{{anchor	{{va>Zerene}}	Macedonian goddess Zeirene Eleusia, Latin Ceres.

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Deified mortals{| class“wikitable�

! Name! Description

{{va>Calanice}}	A Greek title for Hercle, Kallinikos.

{{va>Castur}}	Castor, one of the mythological twins.

{{va>Catmite}}	The Troy	youth, Ganymede (mythology)>Ganymede, from an alternative Greek spelling, Gadymedes.J.N. Adams page 163. From the Etruscan is Latin Catamitus.

Pultuce}}, {{va	Pulutuke}}, {{va		Castor and Pollux>Pollux, one of the mythological twins, Greek Polydeuces.

{{va>Rathmtr}}	Rhadamanthys, the Greek mythological character, judge of the dead.

{{va>Tinas cliniar}}	Etruscan expression, “sons of Tina�, designating the Dioscuri, proving that Tin was identified with Zeus.

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Spirits, demons, and other creatures{| class“wikitable�

! Name! Description

{{va>Aulunthe}}	Etruscan, the name of a satyr.

Begoe}}{{va	Vegoia	Vegoia}}’ >	Ars Fulguritarum (“Art of the Thunderstruck“), which was included in the Roman pagan canon (fiction)>canon, along with the Sibylline Books. These are merely versions of the Latin names for the Etruscan nymph Lasa Vecuvia (see below).Nancy Thomson de Grummond (2006) Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend’’. U.Penn. Museum p.26

{{va>Calaina}}	The Greek Nereid, Galene.

{{va>Celsclan}}	Etruscan Gigas, “son of Cel�, identifying her as “Earth�, as the giants in Greek mythology were the offspring of the earth.

{{va>Chaluchasu}}	Translation of Greek panchalkos, “wholly of bronze�, perhaps the robot of Crete, Talos.

Charun	Charun}}, {{va>Charu}}’’’	The mythological figure, Charon.Swaddling & Bonfante page 78.

{{va>Chelphun}}	An Etruscan satyr.

{{va>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.

{{va>Evan}}	An attendant on Turan, sometimes male, sometimes female.

{{va>Farthan}}	spirit, genius (used in Liber Linteus in phrases like farthan in Crapsti “the spirit which (is) in Craps“van der Meer, B.Liber linteus zagrabiensis. The Linen Book of Zagreb. A Comment on the Longest Etruscan Text. Louvain/Dudley, MA 2007 passim

{{va>Hathna}}	Etruscan satyr.

{{va>Iynx}}	An Etruscan mythological creature, a bird of love.

Man}}, {{va		Manes, which are both “the good� and the deified spirits of the dead.WILLIAM	ENCYCLOPEDIA=DICTIONARY OF GREEK AND ROMAN BIOGRAPHY AND MYTHOLOGY	LAST=SCHMITZ	TITLE=MANES	PUBLISHER=ANCIENTLIBRARY.COM	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20080606062341/HTTP://WWW.ANCIENTLIBRARY.COM/SMITH-BIO/2023.HTML, 2008-06-06,

{{va>Metus}}	The Gorgon Medusa. The head appears on the Aegis of Menrva as a Gorgoneion.

Pecse}}, {{va	| The name of the legendary winged horse, Pegasus, assigned by the Etruscans to the Trojan Horse.

{{va>Puanea}}	Etruscan name of a satyr.

{{va>Sime}}	An Etruscan satyr who has a Greek name.The Bonfantes (2002), page 205.

{{va>Thevrumines}}	Minotaur

Tuchulcha	Tuchulcha}}’’’ >| An Etruscan daemon.The Bonfantes (2002), page 208.

{{va>Tusna}}	Perhaps from *Turansna, “of Turan.� The swan of Turan.

Vanth	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.The Bonfantes (2002), page 210.de Grummond, pages 220–225.

Vecu}}, {{va	Vecuvia}}, {{va	text=Vegoia}}’’’	The prophetic nymph Vegoia. See under Lasa Vecuvia, Begoë.

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Places{| class“wikitable�

! Name! Description

Achrum}}, {{va	| Legendary Greek river of the underworld, the Acheron.The Bonfantes (2002), page 193.

{{va>Hipece}}	The magic spring, Hippocrene, represented in Etruscan art as a water spout in the form of a lion’s head.

Truia}}, {{va	| Troy, Trojan, the city of the Iliad.The Bonfantes (2002), page 178.

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Mortals{| class “wikitable�

! Name! Description

Achle}}, {{va	| Legendary hero of the Trojan War, from the Greek Achilles.

{{va>Achmemrun}}	Legendary king of Mycenaean Greece, from the Greek Agamemnon.

Aivas Tlamunus	Aivas Tlamunus}}, {{va>Aivas Vilates	Aivas Vilates}}’ >	Eivas or Evas’’. Etruscan equivalents of the Greek heroes Ajax the Great>Ajax, son of Telamon and Ajax, son of Oileus.

{{va>Alchumena}}	The Greek legendary character, Alcmena.

Alcstei}}, {{va	| The Greek legendary character, Alcestis.

Alichsantre}}, {{va	Alcsentre}}, {{va	Elachśantre}}{{anchor	Elachśntre}}{{anchor	Elcste}}’’’	The Trojan legendary character, Alexandrus, otherwise known as Paris.Pallottino page 248.

{{va>Alpunea}}	Prophetess, probably equivalent to the Latin Sybil Albunea, whose oracular sanctuary was in Tivoli, just east of Rome. She is sometimes pictured with the seer Umaele (on whom see below).Nancy Thomson de Grummond (2006) Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend. U.Penn. Museum p.37

{{va>Althaia}}	The Greek figure Althaea, mother of Meleager.

Amuce}}, {{va	Amuke}}’’’	The Greek legendary figure Amycus of the Argonauts myth.

{{va>Areatha}}	The mythological figure Ariadne.

{{va>Ataiun}}	The mythological figure Actaeon.

Atlenta}}, {{va	| The mythological person Atalanta.

{{va>Atmite}}	The legendary character Admetus.The Bonfantes (2002), page 195.

{{va>Atunis}}	The mythological figure Adonis.

{{va>Aturmica}}	The mythological figure Andromache, the Amazon.

Capne}}, {{va	| The legendary hero Capaneus.

Casntra}}{{va	| Cassandra, prophetess of the Trojan War.

{{va>Cerca}}	Enchantress of the Odyssey Circe.

{{va>Cilens}}	Also written Celens.

Cluthumustha}}, {{va	| The female legendary character, Clytemnestra.

{{va>Crisitha}}	The heroine of the Trojan War, the Greek name Chryseis.The Bonfantes (2002), page 203.

Easun}}, {{va	Heiasun}}’’’	Etruscan version of the mythological hero Jason.

{{va>Ecapa}}	The tragic heroine of the Trojan War, Hecuba.

{{va>Ectur}}	Hector, a hero of the Trojan War.

Elinei}}, {{va	Elina}}’’’	The character Helen of Trojan War fame.

Epiur	Epiur}}, {{va>Epeur}}’’’	Greek epiouros, “guardian�, a boy presented to Tinia by Hercle, possibly Tages.The Bonfantes (2002) page 198.

{{va>Ermania}}	legendary character Hermione (mythology)	, daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy>Helen.

{{va>Etule}}	Greek Aitolos, confused with his brother, Epeios, who built the Trojan horse.

Evtucle}}, {{va	Thucle}}’’’	The hero Eteocles.

Hamphiare}}, {{va	| Legendary seer Amphiaraus.The Bonfantes (2002) page 199.

{{va>Lasa Vecuvia}}	Prophetess who revealed the nature of the Etruscan Arrun Veltumnus; Equivalent to the Latin nymph Begoe or Vegoia. Attendant to Minerva.Nancy Thomson de Grummond (2006) Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend. U.Penn. Museum p.29

{{va>Latva}}	Greek Leda (mythology)	, mother of Helen of Troy>Helen and the Dioscuri.

Lunc}}, {{va	| The legendary figure Lynceus.

{{va>Meleacr}}	The legendary figure known to the Greeks as Meleager.

Memnum}}, {{va		Memnon (mythology)>Memnon, a Trojan saved from Achle by his mother, Thesan.

{{va>Menle}}	The hero Menelaus of Trojan War fame.

Metaia}}, {{va	Metvia}}’’’	The mythological character Medea.

{{va>Mlacuch}}	A young Etruscan woman kidnapped by Hercle.The Bonfantes (2002), page 202.

{{va>Nestur}}	The legendary hero Nestor.

Palmithe}}, {{va		Palamedes (mythology)>Palamedes.

Pantasila}}, {{va	| The Greek name, Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons.

{{va>Patrucle}}	Patroclus of Trojan War fame.

{{va>Pava Tarchies}}	Etruscan Tarchies in an expression: “boy Tarchies.� See under Tarchies.

{{va>Pele}}	The hero Peleus.

Perse}}, {{va	| The mythological hero Perseus.

Phaun}}, {{va	Phamu}}’’’	The mythological character Phaon.

{{va>Phuinis}}	The Greek Phoinix, friend of Peleus.

{{va>Phulsphna}}	The legendary figure Polyxena.

{{va>Prisis}}	The Greek Briseis mentioned in the Iliad.

{{va>Priumne}}	Priam king of Troy.

Semla	Semla (mythology)>Semla}}’’’	The Greek mortal Semele.

Sispe}}, {{va	| The legendary king Sisyphus.

{{va>Tages}}	See Tarchies.

{{va>Taitle}}	The Etruscan form of the mythological figure Daedalus.The Bonfantes (2002), page 206.

{{va>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	Tarchon}}’’’ >| An Etruscan culture hero who, with his brother, Tyrrhenus, founded the Etruscan Federation of twelve cities.

{{va>Techrs}}	From the Greek Trojan War hero Teucer.

Telmun}}, {{va	Talmun}}, {{va		Telamon, a legendary Argonauts>Argonaut.

Teriasals}}, {{va	| Legendary blind prophet Tiresias.

{{va>These}}	A hero who is the equivalent of Theseus.

{{va>Thethis}}	The Greek nymph Thetis, mother of Achilles.

{{va>Tuntle}}	The legendary figure, known to the Greeks as Tyndareus.

{{va>Tute}}	The Greek hero Tydeus.

{{va>Tyrrhenus}}	An Etruscan culture hero and twin brother of Tarchon.

{{va>Umaele}}	A seer, associated with Alpunea (see above), with no clear connection with any known Latin or Greek figure. He carries a bag with a head in it that tells him prophesies, and is also seen on mirrors with one knee up and left arm extended apparently examining a liver for prophesy, that is haruspex.Nancy Thomson de Grummond (2006) Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend. U.Penn. Museum p.37-38

{{va>Urphe}}	The mythological figure Orpheus.

{{va>Urusthe}}	The homeric legendary character Orestes.

{{va>Uthste}}	The legendary hero Odysseus

{{va>Velparun}}	The Greek hero Elpenor.

{{va>Vikare}}	Son of Taitle, the mythological figure of Icarus.Swaddling & Bonfante page 42. The name is found inscribed once, on a golden bulla dating to the 5th century BCE now housed at the Walters Art Museum.The Walters Art Museum

Vile}}, {{va		Iolaus>Iolaos, nephew of Hercle.

See also

• Etruscan mythology
• List of Etruscan names for Greek heroes
• Interpretatio graeca

Notes

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