> --- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:
> > I was wondering if any of the list members might be able to comment
> on some of the Etruscan divine names
Tinia - Zeus, Etruscan name
Tinas clerar-> Dioskouroi, "Tinia's sons", translating Dioskouroi
Thevrumines-Minotaur, "Bull of Minos"
Turms - Hermes, perhaps related...perhaps not.
Uni - Hera, Uni related to Juno, Juni- (as in Junius)
Nethuns - Poseidon, Nethuns < Latin Neptunus
Maris - Ares, Maris related to Mavort-, but I dont know to explain.
Menrva - Athena,.... Menrva < Minerva < *Menes-wa ?
Sethlans - > Hephaistos, Etruscan? ...or <*Saetula:nos? (> something like
Saeculanus?)
Thesan-Eos, Etruscan?
Turan-Aphrodite, Turan cf. tyrannos "tyrant"
Fufluns - Dionysos, Fufluns < Italic *Populo:nos "god of the people"
Apulu - > Apollo). Apollon > Apullu