Like the Greek god Hermes and the Roman god Mercury, Turms was the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the souls of the dead to the Underworld. Like his Greek counterpart, he also wore a cloak and a pair of winged sandals, as well as carried a caduceus (a winged herald staff).
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Goddess of love. Turan was identified with the Roman goddess of love, Venus. She was a tutelary goddess of Vulci. Her sacred birds were a white swan and a dove. Her other attribute was the blossom.
Hermes: The Cunning Greek Trickster, Commerce, and Messenger God Hermes, god of cunning and trickery, was a chaotic god in Greek mythology. He was also the messenger god as well as the patron of thieves, travelers and merchants. Similar to Loki in...
Herald and messenger of the gods. Hermes was son of Zeus and Maia (a Pleiad, see the Pleiades), a daughter of Atlas and Pleïone (Pleione). He was identified as the Roman god Mercury. Hermes was born in a cave within the forest near the mountain of...
Other Deities Below is a list of other Etruscan deities. Etruscan Roman Attributes Aita Pluto ruler of the Underworld Atunis Adonis minor god Charontes Charon? demon Charun Charon Underworld gatekeeper, demon Ethauswa Eileithyia goddess of childbi...
Mercury | The Wily Messenger God Mercury, god of commerce, was the Roman messenger god. He was the son of Jupiter, and he would help deliver messages between the gods. He was also the god of merchants, communication, thieves, and messages. Known f...
Sky god. Tin or Tinia was identified with both the Roman Jupiter and the Greek Zeus, and he wielded thunderbolts. His consort was Uni, and they formed, along with the goddess Menrva, the supreme triad of the Etruscan pantheon, just like the Roman ...
Mercury was originally the god of commerce and trade, and the patron god of merchants. His worship was first established on the Aventine Hill in 495 BC. The festival was held on May 15, along with his mother Maia. The month of May was named after ...
Tarvus Trigaranus was the Gallic bull god. Almost nothing is known about Tarvus Trigaranus, except for some images of him as a bull on some stone carvings. During the reign of the Roman emperor Tiberius, boatmen from the Seine River near Paris ere...
Taranis: The Forgotten Male Triad of the Celts Taranis may have been one of the most important and widely worshipped deities in Bronze Age Europe. However, no myths about Taranis have survived to the present day. What do we actually know about thi...
Storm god. Like the sky god Tin, Summamus wielded thunderbolts and lightning. He had a sanctuary at Rome.