#menerva

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

Bronze circular mirror with bone handle. Menerva (Athena) in the centre holding up the head of the Gorgon Medusa, with Ferse (Perseus) seated left and Turms (Hermes) seated right. Names are inscribed. Etruscan. c. 400-350 B.C. British Museum. 1888,1110.1

[wanderingskemetic]

[whencyclopedfr]

Panthéon Étrusque

La religion des Étrusques comprenait une myriade de dieux, de déesses et d'êtres divins mineurs, dont certains étaient indigènes et d'autres importés, notamment de Grèce, et auxquels on avait donné des attributs et des mythes étrusques particuliers. Des temples et des sanctuaires leur étaient dédiés, et ces figures apparaissaient fréquemment dans l'art étrusque sous la forme de décorations de poteries, de peintures murales de tombes, de sculptures et de gravures sur des objets quotidiens tels que des miroirs en bronze. Comme aucun texte complet écrit par les Étrusques n'a survécu et que nous ne disposons que de courtes inscriptions, les informations concernant chaque divinité peuvent être très limitées, parfois seulement à un nom sur une seule offrande votive. Voici un résumé, par ordre alphabétique, des figures les plus importantes de la religion étrusque sur lesquelles nous disposons du plus grand nombre d'informations. Les noms alternatifs et les orthographes sont indiqués entre parenthèses.

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[brucethomasart]

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[contremineur]

Menerva Tau, Daily sketch (2016)

from here

[lady-menrva]

PJO Meta (6 of ??)

"Roman gods are just Greek gods with slightly different, more militaristic personalities" what the heck?!

(I am not commenting on equivalents in pantheons. I am commenting on Rick’s notion.)

That's not how it works. Multiple mythological pantheons have at least some influence from other cultures, and syncretism as well.

To put it simply, syncretism (in this context) is the practice of reconciling certain aspects of gods from one pantheon with gods from another pantheon. Moreover, the etruscan myths and gods also influenced Roman mythology. Examples which come to mind are Minerva, Diana, and Mercury. There are many more, but I’ll focus on these three.

a) Diana:

No, Diana was not just "punk" Artemis. She is thought to have an indigenous origins in Italy i.e Diana Nemorensis. Eventually, she was heavily syncretized with Artemis. In spite of this, she possessed unique aspects, such as that of a "triple goddess"- Diana herself, Luna and Hecate. (She had associations with the underworld which caused her to be conflated with hecate).

b) Minerva:

Contrary to what Rick would like you to believe, It was the Etruscan menrva (also spelled menerva) who ‘lent’ her character to the Roman minerva. Minerva was equated with Athena by the romans, but not a lot of influence was directly drawn from Athena.

c) Mercury

Likewise, mercury was also syncretized with multiple gods from multiple pantheons under different epithets.

The Roman pantheon did have gods that were truly 'Roman' [no, bellona is not included]. Besides the Greeks also syncretized their gods with gods of other pantheons, and were influenced by other cultures.

[theoxenia]

Birth scenes in general are much more popular in Etruscan than in Greek art. While the divine conceptions and births in Greek myth are uniformly unnatural, Etruscan renderings often bring out their more practical, normal aspects. Tinia is shown on a mirror giving birth to a large, fully armed Menerva with two beautifully dressed midwives at his side, comforting him and bandaging his aching head. Elsewhere we see the baby Dionysos, wearing protective amulets, emerging from Tinia’s thigh, where he has been incubated; a female attendant nurse, Mean, holds an unguent jar and dipstick: is it to assuage the birth pangs of Tinia, the new father, or to anoint the new-born baby? An Etruscan scene shows the conception of a god as an actual sexual union, as Semla lifts up her skirt in an anasyrma gesture to have intercourse with the great god: a satyr shows that the conception of the god Fufluns/Dionysos will be the result.

The Etruscan World edited by Jean MacIntosh Turfa ("Chapter Twenty: Mothers And Children" by Larissa Bonfante)

[dian-and-the-gods]

Introduction

Hello all and welcome!

My name is Dian, I'm 21 y/o, I am Latino and a pagan.

This is a sideblog for my journey with my deities. I currently worship deities from different pantheons: my own conpantheon, the kushite pantheon (especially the one in worshipped in the meroitic period of Kush), and the etruscan pantheon (aka Rasenna polytheism). Currently like this:

Devoted to:

Danéh & Darukus (Conpantheon)

Worshipping:

Apedemak (Kushite)

Aman (Kushite)

Amesemi (Kushite)

Considering:

Sutekh (Kemetic)

Djehuty (Kemetic-Kushite)

Atari (Kemetic-Kushite)

Sobek (Kemetic)

Inpu (Kemetic-Kushite)

Sekhmet (Kemetic-Kushite)

Dedun (Kushite)

Menerva (Etruscan)

Turan (Etruscan)

Turms (Etruscan)

Uni (Etruscan)

Artumes (Etruscan)

Fufluns (Etruscan)

Atunis (Etruscan)

Iao Sabaoth (Christopagan)

Péh₂usōn (Proto Indo-European)

This might expand and move around in the future of course!

Happy to have you all here :3

[whogal]

Big day today, my kitchen is finally finished and the DVD of the film I'm in arrived!

[reddealsonline]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Lacoste Menerva 319 1 CMA Dark Khaki Men's Size 11.

[wanderingskemetic]

Sin Menerva!

I offer this up to you great lady of Rasenna.

[han-duet]

Bronze mirror depicting Menerva (Athena) in the centre holding up the head of the Gorgon Medusa, with Ferse (Perseus) seated left and Turms (Hermes) seated right. Etruscan, 400-350 BC.

[silurisanguine]

Selene outside would be calm, she has to be for everyone else, especially Ikora for what she said to Selene, and Crow who seems like he doesn't care but she knows inside he is tormented. Inside though, Selene though is worried. Worried that what everyone thinks is true, that the Traveller tried to flee but realised there wasn't anywhere left to run. Worried more though that that no one will believe her hope that it didn't try to flee at all, it was rising to avoid the Last City suffering the same or more kind of damage it did during the Red War because it knows what is coming is so much worse. Nyx isnt sure what to think of it. She feels for Anna and doesn't like that the body Red inhabited is just left there, hanging. She's resigned to just dealing with the next fucking issue like always, the Traveller be damned. So she's masking the anger she does feel to be there for Saint knowing he'll be dealing with Osiris and need all the help he can get. Menerva- She literally only re-awoke a few weeks ago, was told that great orb in the sky was the saviour of humanity, that it protected everyone. She also remembers hearing a different tale from the Eliksni. So right now she feels lost not knowing what to think. None of them have spoken to their Ghosts who are all strangely quiet.

...well in the wake of the recent chaos of the season finale, everyone post how your guardians are responding below! My main hunter, Aeris, is currently dissociating from a potent cocktail of shell shock and grief, while his half-sister Marcie (titan) is ugly crying. My retired guardian Petrichor-12 is also currently forcing himself to Not Think About It by knitting as many new blankets for eliksni babies as possible

[contremineur]

Menerva Tau, Untitled (2015)

from here

[s-c-r-ee-ch]

Meeting of deities; from right: Mars (Laran), Venus (Turan), Minerva (Menerva), Apollo (Aplu)

Etruscan mirror

300-270 BC

[nintendocafe]

LEGO Cuusoo Hayabusa Jaxa Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 21101

Released the "Hayabusa", from the WEB site "LEGO CUUSOO" general user has proposed the idea of Lego products, to consider the acquisition by the number of votes to commercialize their ideas!

The original proponents of the general user has posted a model "Hayabusa" Lego blocks, Under the supervision of JAXA, "Hayabusa" was developed by Danish designer of LEGO headquarters, Ion engine, rover "Minerva" asteroid exploration, sampler horn, re-entry capsule, Reproduced in Lego block with the main part of the "Hayabusa", such as solar cell paddle. Has been set can reproduce the surface of Itokawa is also part of the planet further. Mr. Lego mini-figure is the project manager Junichiro Kawaguchi, "Hayabusa" 369 pieces.