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ID: 901002674
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002674
Record Type: Character/Person

Atunis (Etruscan character)

Note: Etruscan character associated with fertility, life, death, and rebirth; youthful human lover of the Etruscan goddess Turan; equivalent of the Greek Adonis.

Names:
Atunis (Etruscan character) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Etruscan iconography> (I)
........<Etruscan characters> (G)
............Atunis (Etruscan character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Death of Atunis
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan narratives, Death of Atunis (Etruscan narrative)) [901002680]
associated with .... Persipnei
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Persipnei (Etruscan deity)) [901002679]
consort/spouse of .... Turan
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Turan (Etruscan deity)) [901002673]
counterpart is .... Adonis
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Adonis (Greek character)) [901000521]

Other Relationships:
affiliated/associated with .... rebirth
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (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)
role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Atunis (Etruscan character)
................Grove Art Online (2008-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ ICCD database (1988-)
................ Jannot, Religion in Ancient Etruria (2005)

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