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ID: 901002676
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002676
Record Type: Character/Person

Laran (Etruscan deity)

Note: Etruscan god of war, counterpart to Greek Ares and Roman Mars; consort of Turan.

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

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Etruscan iconography> (I)
........<Etruscan characters> (G)
............Laran (Etruscan deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Turan
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Turan (Etruscan deity)) [901002673]
counterpart is .... Ares
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Ares (Greek deity)) [901001848]
counterpart is .... Mars
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Mars (Roman diety)) [901001031]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... war god
.....(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)

Sources:
Laran (Etruscan deity)
................ICCD database (1988-)
................Izzet, Archaeology of Etruscan Society (2007)
................Grummond, Etruscan Myth (2006) 58
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Grummond, Etruscan Myth (2006)
................ Izzet, Archaeology of Etruscan Society (2007)
................ ICCD database (1988-)

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