Athrpa
deity Etruscan single tradition · 1
Athrpa is an Etruscan goddess of fate, identified as the counterpart of the Greek fate goddess Atropos, one of the three Moirai. She is depicted on an Etruscan bronze mirror holding a hammer in her right hand and a nail in her left. The hammer ready to drive in the nail symbolizes "the inexorability of human fate."
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Etruscan contexts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Rehtia, Nortia, Voltumna, Necessitas
- syncretized with
- Atropos
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Meleager is depicted under the wings of another Etruscan goddess of fate, identified by inscription as Athrpa, the counterpart of the Greek fate goddess Atropos who is one of the three Moirai. Athrpa holds a hammer in her right hand and a nail in her left. With Meleager is his beloved Atalanta (both names given in the Etruscan spelling), who will be parted by his death in a boar hunt presaged at the top of the composition.”
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