[tied] Re: Voltumna

--- In cybalist@..., Max Dashu <maxdashu@...> wrote:

> > Veltha/Voltumna is
> >so similar in both name and spheres of influence that I have to

draw

> >the connection.
>
> Voltumna: is this also written Vortumna? I've seen the latter

claimed as an

> Etruscan antecedent for Fortuna. And if so, would it be cognate

with Skt

> vartana, or something similar?
>
> Max Dashu

I have seen Nortia as Fortuna's Etruscan predecessor. If they are
different names for similar deities/concepts, then could Nortia be
connected with the Norns, the fates of Norse myth? Just a thought.
-Mr. Caws