Charun
Etruscan · deity · archaic · deity
Etruscan guardian-demon of the underworld, his name borrowed from the Greek ferryman Charon but his form Etruscan: blue-fleshed, bestial, wielding a hammer to seal death's door. Often appears in multiples (the Charontes) and paired with Vanth in the painted tombs.
Domains
- death and passage
Powers
- Seal the door of death with the hammer
- Escort the dead to the underworld
Relations
- companion: Vanth
Sources
- François Tomb (Vulci); painted tombs of Tarquinia
- de Grummond, Etruscan Myth (2006)