1003+ Deep Dives

Chronicles

Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.

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Ancient European

Turan

Turan, the Etruscan goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and vitality — the lovely goddess of desire, patroness of the city of Vulci, attended by winged

Aug 10, 20267 min read

Ancient European

Vanth

Vanth, the winged death-goddess and psychopomp of the Etruscans — a beautiful, all-seeing female death-spirit with great wings who attends the dying,

Aug 9, 20269 min read

Ancient European

Charun

Charun (Charu), the dread death-demon and guardian of the underworld of the Etruscans — a fearsome blue-skinned, hook-nosed, serpent-wreathed demon who

Aug 9, 20267 min read

Ancient European

Aita

Aita (Eita), the Etruscan god of the underworld and the dead — the grim lord of the realm below, ruler with his consort Phersipnai, depicted crowned with

Aug 9, 20267 min read

Ancient European

Menrva

Menrva (Menerva), the Etruscan goddess of wisdom, war, arts, crafts, and healing — the armed maiden-goddess of intelligence and skill, member of the great

Aug 9, 20268 min read

Ancient European

Uni

Uni, the supreme goddess and queen of the gods of the Etruscans — the great mother-goddess of the heavens, sovereignty, marriage, and the state, consort

Aug 9, 20267 min read

Ancient European

Tinia

Tinia (Tin), the supreme sky-god and king of the gods of the Etruscans — the great god of the heavens, thunder, and lightning whose thunderbolts revealed

Aug 9, 20268 min read

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Ugallu

Discover Ugallu, the lion-headed storm-demon of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — a man-bodied, talon-footed monster turned apotropaic guardian, set at

Aug 9, 20269 min read

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Lilu

Discover Lilû, the male Akkadian night-demon — a wind-borne phantom who preys on sleeping women, member of the lilu-demon triad and an ancient forerunner

Aug 8, 20269 min read

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Gallu

Meet the Gallu, the merciless underworld demons of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — faceless seizers who drag the doomed to the land of no return and

Aug 8, 20269 min read