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ID: 901002681
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002681
Record Type: Character/Person

Aita (Etruscan deity)

Note: Etruscan king of the underworld.

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

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Etruscan iconography> (I)
........<Etruscan characters> (G)
............Aita (Etruscan deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Persipnei
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Etruscan iconography, Etruscan characters, Persipnei (Etruscan deity)) [901002679]

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:
Aita (Etruscan deity)
................ICCD database (1988-)
................Jannot, Religion in Ancient Etruria (2005)
Eita (Etruscan deity)
................Izzet, Archaeology of Etruscan Society (2007)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ ICCD database (1988-)
................ Jannot, Religion in Ancient Etruria (2005)

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