ID: 901002679 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002679	Record Type: Character/Person

	Persipnei (Etruscan deity)

Note: Etruscan goddess and queen of the underworld; counterparts are the Greek goddess Persephone and the Roman goddess Proserpina.

Display Date: in art from 400 BCE

Names:

	Persipnei (Etruscan deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Phersipnai (Etruscan deity) (English)
	Ferspnai (Etruscan deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Etruscan iconography> (I)
		........<Etruscan characters> (G)
		............Persipnei (Etruscan deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Atunis
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Atunis (Etruscan character)) [901002674]

	consort/spouse of .... Aita
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Aita (Etruscan deity)) [901002681]

	counterpart is .... Proserpina
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Proserpina (Roman deity)) [901001948]

	counterpart is .... Persephone
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Persephone (Greek deity)) [901001949]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(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 .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Persipnei (Etruscan deity)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	................Izzet, Archaeology of Etruscan Society (2007)
	Phersipnai (Etruscan deity)
	................Jannot, Religion in Ancient Etruria (2005)
	Ferspnai (Etruscan deity)
	................Grummond, Etruscan Myth (2006)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ Izzet, Archaeology of Etruscan Society (2007)
	................ Jannot, Religion in Ancient Etruria (2005)