Menerva

deity Etruscan single tradition · 1

Menerva is the Etruscan equivalent to Athena. She is positioned on top of Tinia, fully clothed wearing a robe, plumed helmet, and brandishing a shield. Menerva is winged.

When

First attested
400 BCE
Attested period
-400 – -300
Historical notes
Appears on a bronze mirror from Praeneste.

Relationships

syncretized with
Athena
co occurs with
Ethausva, Thanr
child of
Tinia

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“The bronze mirror where she appears alongside Thanr, Tinia and Menerva show Ethausva as a midwife assisting in the birth of a child.”

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