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Aita

Etruscan · deity · archaic · deity

Etruscan ruler of the dead, the counterpart of Hades/Pluto, recognizable by his wolf-skin cap. Enthroned in the painted tombs beside Phersipnei; attended by the death-spirits Vanth and Charun.

Domains

underworld
death and the dead

Powers

Rule the realm of the dead
Pass unseen in the wolf-skin cap

Relations

sibling: Nethuns
spouse: Persipnei

Sources

Painted Tomb of Orcus II, Tarquinia (4th c. BCE)
de Grummond, Etruscan Myth (2006)

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