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Encyclopedia > Voltumna

In Etruscan mythology, Voltumna was the chthonic (earth) god, later to become the supreme god. He was the patron of the Etruscan race. His cult was centered in Volsini.


He was the equivalent of the Roman Vertumnus.


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Voltumna (57 words)
Voltumna, also known as Veltha, is a chthonic god of the Etruscans, later elevated to the status of supreme god.
The center of his cult was in Volsini.
Article "Voltumna" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 15 March 1997 (Revision 2).
ANTIKITERA.NET - Il Portale Italiano dell'Archeologia Misteriosa (1103 words)
Uno degli interrogativi che più frequentemente gli studiosi di cose etrusche si pongono è dove si trovasse veramente il cosiddetto “Fanum Voltumnae”, cioè “il santuario del dio Voltumna” (da fanum = tempio, santuario, luogo sacro).
In realtà, Voltumna non compare tra le divinità del pantheon etrusco: è documentato “solo da testimonianze letterarie ed epigrafiche latine”, anche se il suo nome è riconducibile all’etrusco velθa, e “può essere riconosciuto...
Sulla base dell’affermazione di Varrone, che lo definisce “deus Etruriae princeps”, Voltumna è stato assimilato a Tinia, il dio supremo degli Etruschi, equivalente al Giove latino: ”ritengo che dietro la forma latinizzata Voltumna sia da ricercarsi un epiteto, una qualificazione (di tipo funzionale, gentilizio o altro) del Tinia volsiniese”.
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