Mania

Mania rules the Etruscan dead beside Mantus in the accounts that reach us — queen to his king in a picture drawn by Graeco-Roman writers rather than by Etruscan inscriptions. A Roman Mania associated with the Lares and the Compitalia is also attested, and how far the two are one figure is unclear. Because the evidence is report at second hand, the record is deliberately thin and its weight is marked low; the underworld rulers the Etruscans themselves name, Aita and Persipnei, are separate records already in this registry.

Variant accounts

• Mania's Etruscan profile rests on later report.As with Mantus, the picture of Mania as queen of the Etruscan dead is drawn from Graeco-Roman authors and the antiquarian tradition. A Roman Mania connected with the Compitalia and with the Lares is also attested, and the relationship between the two is not clear. The record stays sparse and its weight low.Reference article 'Mania (deity)', which treats both the underworld goddess and the Roman figure of the same name. (secondary)

Domains

• underworld
• death

Relations

• spouse: MantusPaired with Mantus as queen of the realm of the dead. The pairing comes from Graeco-Roman and antiquarian report rather than from an Etruscan inscription, and is recorded on that footing.Reference accounts naming Mantus and Mania as king and queen of the Etruscan underworld. (secondary)

Sources

• Mania is reported as the goddess ruling the Etruscan underworld together with Mantus.: Reference article 'Mania (deity)', on her rule of the underworld alongside Mantus. (secondary)