Turan_(goddess) Turan_(goddess)

Turan (goddess) - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Astraea, Athena, Atropos, Baal, Bellona, Bragi, Calliope, Cerberus, Ceres, Charon, Clio, Clotho, Cora, Cupid, Cynthia

In Etruscan mythology, Turan was the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of Vulci (cur: Volci). In art, she was usually depicted as a young winged girl. Pigeons and black swans were her sacred animals. Her retinue was called Lasas.

She was equivalent to the Roman Venus and the Greek Aphrodite.

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