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Aita is a relatively late addition to the Etruscan pantheon, appearing in iconography and in Etruscan text beginning in the 4th century BC, and is heavily influenced by his Greek counterpart, Hades. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Aita is pictured in only a few instances in Etruscan tomb painting, such as in the Golini Tomb from Orvieto and the tomb of Orcus II ...
gods of darkness. [5] Aita, Eita: Epithet of Εuri, Etruscan equivalent of the Greek god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, Hades. [2] Alpanu, Alpan, Alpnu: Etruscan goddess, whose name is identical to Etruscan "willingly". [2] Aminth: Etruscan winged deity in the form of a child, probably identified with Amor. [6] Ani
Chariot fitting representing Usil, 500–475 BCE, Hermitage Museum. Usil is the Etruscan god of the sun, shown to be identified with Apulu ().His iconic depiction features Usil rising out of the sea, with a fireball in either outstretched hand, on an engraved Etruscan bronze mirror in late Archaic style, formerly on the Roman antiquities market. [1]
Calu (Etruscan: ππππ, romanized: Calu, lit. 'dark, darkness') [1] [2] is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Εuri [3] [4] [5] as god of the underworld, roughly equivalent to the Greek god Hades (Epic Greek: αΌΟδης, romanized: ÁïdΔs; Etruscan: ππππ, romanized: Aita); moreover, as with Hades, this god-name was also used as a synonym for the underworld ...
Init-init: the Itneg god of the Sun married to the mortal Aponibolinayen; during the day, he leaves his house to shine light on the world [7] Chal-chal: the Bontok god of the Sun whose son's head was cut off by Kabigat; [8] aided the god Lumawig in finding a spouse [9] Mapatar: the Ifugao sun deity of the sky in charge of daylight [10]
Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Zeus, as a reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky
Aita is an Etruscan deity, equivalent to the Greek god Hades. Aita or AITA may also refer to: Aita (Morocco), a Bedouin musical style; Aita (river), a tributary of the Olt in Romania; Aita, a dialect of the Rotokas language; All India Tennis Association; r/AmItheAsshole or AITA, a subreddit
After the Etruscan defeat in the Roman–Etruscan Wars (264 BCE), the remaining Etruscan culture began to be assimilated into the Roman. The Roman Senate adopted key elements of the Etruscan religion, which were perpetuated by haruspices and noble Roman families who claimed Etruscan descent, long after the general population of Etruria had forgotten the language.