Alpanu

Alpanu is one of the named attendant goddesses who crowd the engraved backs of Etruscan mirrors — winged, wreathed, and usually somewhere near Turan, the goddess of love. She holds leaves and flowers, which is why she is read as a goddess of springtime as well as of love and friendship, and she is shown embracing Thanr and Achvizr, two more of the same circle. Her name is connected with alpan, a willing offering, so that it carries the sense of something freely given. A possible underworld aspect is also reported. She is recorded under the form Alpanu because a Caucasian deity named Alpan already stands in this registry; the two are unrelated.

Domains

• love
• spring

Relations

• companion: AchvizrShown in embrace with Achvizr on the mirrors, the two belonging to the same circle of attendant divinities.Reference article 'Alpanu': she is shown in embrace with the deities Thanr and Achvizr. (iconographic)
• companion: ThanrShown in embrace with Thanr on the mirrors, the two belonging to the same circle of attendant divinities.Reference article 'Alpanu': she is shown in embrace with the deities Thanr and Achvizr. (iconographic)

Sources

• Alpanu is an Etruscan goddess named on engraved bronze mirrors, of love, friendship and springtime and possibly of the underworld, frequently shown holding leaves and flowers, often beside Turan, and in embrace with Thanr and Achvizr.: Etruscan engraved bronze mirrors naming alpanu. (iconographic); Reference article 'Alpanu', on her spheres, attributes and companions. (secondary)