In Etruscan mythology, Voltumna or Veltha was the chthonic (relating to or inhabiting the underworld) deity, who became the supreme god of the Etruscan...
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was held 13 August. The name Vortumnus most likely derives from Etruscan Voltumna. Its formation in Latin was probably influenced by the Latin verb vertere...
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Cosmosoma achemon (redirect from Cosmosoma voltumna)
Binomial name Cosmosoma achemon (Fabricius, 1781) Synonyms Zygaena achemon Fabricius, 1781 Euchromia tyrrhene Hübner, 1824 Cosmosoma voltumna Druce, 1897...
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The Fanum Voltumnae (‘shrine of Voltumna’) was the chief sanctuary of the Etruscans; fanum means a sacred place, a much broader notion than a single temple...
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in Etruscan art. One appears to be divinities of an indigenous origin: Voltumna or Vertumnus, a primordial, chthonic god; Usil, god(-dess) of the sun;...
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Vetus in Asia Minor in 75 BC. Some scholars think that Vortumnus (Etruscan Voltumna) was brought by evocation to Rome in 264 BC as a result of M. Fulvius Flaccus's...
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The kings of these towns used to meet in the Fanum Voltumnae (shrine of Voltumna) area at Volsinii, near Lake Bolsena. In addition to the aforementioned...
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to Livy the leading men of all of Etruria gathered at the sanctuary of Voltumna to form an alliance against Rome. Beset by dangers on all sides, the Romans...
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storms, chaos, darkness" Uranus Caelus Nut El Asman sky, heavens Vertumnus Voltumna Baal the seasons; change Zephyr Favonius West Wind; Favonius: lit. favorable...
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of the Etruscan league of Etruria, the Voltumna in the Latin expression Fanum Voltumnae, "shrine of Voltumna", which was their meeting place, believed...
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Vitorchiano Urina, Aurina, Aurinia Saturnia Saturnia Veltha, Veltuna, Veltumna, Voltumna Mons Faliscorum Montefiascone Velturei Veclanum Vecchiano Vetumna Vettona...
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Etruscan veltha, an earth god, appears as Latin Vola or Olta and is in Voltumna and Vertumnus, so the parallel construction autumnus ought to come from...
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one of the most powerful cities of Etruria, the cult centre of the god Voltumna, and was doubtless one of the 12 which formed the Etruscan confederation...
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name could have originated from Baptipalla, indicating a place devoted to Voltumna, a chthonic Etruscan deity. Battipaglia as a definite township was formally...
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Brazil: Amazonas) Stalachtis calliope bicoler Staudinger, [1887] (Peru) Stalachtis calliope voltumna Stichel, 1911 (Ecuador) Stalachtis, funet.fi v t e...
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meeting of the Etruscan league, and that Nortia's consort could have been Voltumna, the counterpart of Roman Vortumnus. The rite is analogous to, or a borrowed...
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year. The Etrurian confederacy met at the fanum Voltumnae, the "shrine of Voltumna". Their league was called the “duodecim populi Etruriae” or the “twelve...
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began, the Etruscans held a numerously attended council at the shrine of Voltumna, but could reach no decision as to whether the entire nation should go...
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