(also Alpanu, Alpnu) An Etruscan goddess, variously portrayed as winged or unwinged, belonging to the female demons known as → Lasas. She is naked except for a cloak which hardly conceals her body, she is richly bejewelled and wears light...

A female demon of the Etruscans, who stands at the portal of the underworld. Her attributes include a burning torch and a pair of scissors (for cutting the thread of...

ETRUSCAN RELIGION. Between the beginning of the eighth century BCE and the end of the fifth century BCE, Etruria was the dominant power in central Italy. The Etruscans had built up profitable commercial relations with the Phoenicians and the Greeks,...

The Etruscans were a people of unknown origin living in Northern Italy, who were eventually integrated into Roman culture and politically became part of the Roman Republic. The Etruscans had both a religion and a supporting mythology. Both absorbed...