In Etruscan mythology, Turan was the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of Vulci (cur: Volci). In art, she was usually depicted as a young winged girl. Pigeons and black swans were her sacred animals. Her retinue was called Lasas. The Etruscans were a race of unknown origin from North Italy who were eventually integrated into Rome. ... Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases... Volci or Vulci is a Latinized form of an Etruscan city, which the Etruscans called Velch. ... Pigeon redirects here. ... Genera Cygnus Coscoroba Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. ... A retinue (O. Fr. ... Lasa is also an alternate spelling of Lhasa In Etruscan mythology, the Lasa (plural Lasas) were gods and goddesses who accompanied Turan, the god of love. ...

She was equivalent to the Roman Venus and the Greek Aphrodite. Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... Venus is the Roman goddess of love, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. ... Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and beauty,and the patroness of physical love. ...