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ID: 901002673
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002673
Record Type: Character/Person

Turan (Etruscan deity)

Note: Etruscan goddess of love, beauty, desire, fertility, and vitality; counterpart of Venus and Aphrodite.

Names:
Turan (Etruscan deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Turan (Etruscan deity) (Italian-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Etruscan iconography> (I)
........<Etruscan characters> (G)
............Turan (Etruscan deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Turanna
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Turanna (Italian folklore character)) [901002683]
consort/spouse of .... Atunis
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Atunis (Etruscan character)) [901002674]
consort/spouse of .... Laran
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Laran (Etruscan deity)) [901002676]
is ruler of .... Lasas
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Lasas (Etruscan deities)) [901002678]
counterpart is .... Aphrodite
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Aphrodite (Greek deity)) [901000612]
counterpart is .... Venus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Venus (Roman deity)) [901001064]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... fertility deity
.....(goddesses, deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Etruscan (culture or style)
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... love (emotion)
.....(positive emotions, emotion, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... fertility
.....(biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Turan (Etruscan deity)
................ICCD database (1988-)
................Izzet, Archaeology of Etruscan Society (2007)
................Grummond, Etruscan Myth (2006)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ ICCD database (1988-)
................ Izzet, Archaeology of Etruscan Society (2007)
................ Grummond, Etruscan Myth (2006)
................ Source for image https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turan_(mythology)#/media/File:Etruscan_-_Balsamarium_in_the_Form_of_a_Deity_with_Winged_Helmet_-_Walters_543004.jpg

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