Turan
Etruscan · deity · archaic · Recorded classification
Etruscan goddess of love, desire and fertility, the counterpart of Aphrodite/Venus and tutelary deity of Vulci. Her lover is Atunis (Adonis) and her attendants the winged Lasas. One of the great gods named on the bronze Liver of Piacenza.
Domains
- love and fertility
Powers
- Kindle love, desire and vitality
Epithets
- 𐌕𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌍 𐌀𐌕𐌉 Mother TuranVotive inscription, sanctuary of Gravisca (primary)
Relations
- companion: LaranPaired with the war-god Laran on engraved mirrors, the Etruscan reflex of the Aphrodite-Ares pairing.Etruscan mirror engravings pairing Turan and Laran (CSE) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Liver of Piacenza (outer rim, region of Turan) (primary); N. de Grummond, Etruscan Myth, Sacred History and Legend (2006) (secondary)