Maris
Etruscan · deity · classical · deity
Maris appears on Etruscan mirrors as a baby or a small child, which is unusual enough to be his defining feature, and he comes with a string of epithets — Halna, Husrnana, which is glossed 'Maris the Child', Isminthians — that may well distinguish several gods of the name rather than describe one. His name invites comparison with Roman Mars, but a child-god and a war god make an awkward match and the equation is contested. One account makes him a son of Hercle, and mirror scenes also set a Maris beside Menrva and Turan; since none of this settles into a single secure filiation, the record carries no parents and reports the claims instead.
Domains
- childhood
Epithets
- Halna
- Husrnana
- Isminthians
Sources
- Etruscan engraved bronze mirrors naming mariś with epithets.
- Reference article 'Maris (mythology)', on the child iconography, the epithets and the reported filiation.