Thalna

Thalna stands at births on the backs of Etruscan mirrors, often beside Tinia, and she is paired in that repertoire with Thanr. That is the substance of what is known about her, and it is enough to place her among the birth-and-fate goddesses rather than anywhere else — some popular god-lists call her a deity of trade, a claim the images do not support and this record does not repeat. As with the other named mirror divinities, there is no temple, no festival and no narrative behind the name.

Variant accounts

• Thalna's sphere is given differently in different handbooks.The mirror evidence places her at births and beside Tinia, and she is usually read as a goddess of birth or of fate. Some popular reference lists instead make her a god of trade; that reading has no support in the mirror scenes and is not followed here.Reference discussion of Thanr and Thalna as birth goddesses, against popular lists assigning Thalna to trade. (secondary)

Domains

• childbirth

Relations

• ally: ThanrPaired with Thanr in the mirror repertoire of birth scenes; the two are attendants at the same kind of event rather than kin.Reference discussion of Thanr and Thalna appearing together in mirror birth scenes. (secondary)

Sources

• Thalna is an Etruscan goddess named on engraved bronze mirrors, attributed to birth and appearing in several mirror birth scenes, often in the company of Tinia.: Etruscan engraved bronze mirrors naming θalna. (iconographic); Reference discussion of Thanr and Thalna as birth goddesses in the mirror repertoire. (secondary)