List of Etruscan Mythological Figures - M

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Malavisch
Etruscan divinity of the mirrors, probably from malena, "mirror."
Man, Mani
Etruscan class of spirits representing "the dead" and yet not the same as a hinthial, "ghost." From the Mani came the Latin Manes, which are both "the good" and the deified spirits of the dead.
Mania
Etruscan infernal deity, one of a dyad including Mantus. She went on into Latin literature, ruling beside Mantus and was reported to be the mother of the Lares and Manes. Under the Etruscan kings, she received the sacrifices of slain children during the Laralia festival of May 1. She continued to survive in post-classical Tuscan folklore as Mania della Notte, a nocturnal spirit bringing nightmares.
Mantus
Etruscan infernal deity, one of a dyad including Mania. A tradition of Latin literature names the Etruscan city of Manthua, later Mantua, after the deity.
Mariś
A class of divinity used with epithets: mariś turans, mariś husurnana, mariś menitla, mariś halna, mariś isminthians. The appearances in art are varied: a man, a youth, a group of babies cared for by Menrva. The Roman god, Mars, is believed to have come from this name. Pallottino refers to the formation of a god by "... fusing groups of beings ... into one." Of Mars he says "... the protecting spirits of war, represented as armed heroes, tend to coalesce into a single deity, the Etrusco-Roman Mars, on the model of the Greek god Ares."
Mean, Meanpe
Etruscan deity, equivalent of Nike or Victoria.
Meleacr
The legendary figure,known to the Greeks as Meleager.
Memnum, Memrum
Memnon, a Trojan saved from Achle by his mother, Thesan.
Menerva, Menrva
The Etruscan original to the Roman Minerva, made into Greek Athena.
Menle
The hero Menelaus, of Trojan War fame.
Metaia, Metua, Metvia
The mythological character, Medea.
Metus
The Gorgon, Medusa. The head appears on the Aegis of Menrva as a Gorgoneion.
Mlacuch
A young Etruscan woman kidnapped by Hercle.
Munthukh
Goddess of love and health, and one of the attendants of Turan

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