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In Etruscan mythology, Persipnei{{Pronunciation needed|date=February 2024}} or Phersipnai (later Ferspnai) was the queen of the underworld and equivalent to the Greek goddess Persephone and Roman Proserpina.BOOK, Maiden, mother, crone: the myth and reality of the triple goddess, D. J. Conway, D. J., D. J. Conway, 1994, Llewellyn Worldwide, 0-87542-171-7, 93,books.google.com/books?id=KnJgevpp3DMC&q=Persipnei&pg=PA93, Persipnei was the consort of the divine ruler of the underworld, Aita. Together, both of these deities ruled the Etruscan underworld, which was guarded by Mantus and Mania.BOOK, Wilkinson, Philip, Mythology, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 91,books.google.com/books?id=1zD_cRo8OVgC&q=Persipnei+etruscan&pg=PA91, 2007, 978-1405334754, Indeed, her name was borrowed by the Etruscans from the Greeks.

See also

• Etruscan civilization

References

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