Nortia
deity Etruscan single tradition · 1
Nortia is an Etruscan goddess whose attribute was a nail, which was driven into a wall within her temple at Volsinii annually to mark the New Year. The ritual seems to "nail down" the fate of the people for the year. H. S. Versnel conjectured that the ritual of the nail was associated with the annual meeting of the Etruscan league.
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Etruscan contexts; ritual recorded by Livy.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Necessitas, Athrpa, Rehtia
- consort of
- Voltumna
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“the Etruscan goddess Nortia, fixed to mark the number of years. The ritual seems to "nail down" the fate of the people for the year. Cicero refers to a form of timekeeping in which the nail of the year is to be moved (clavum anni movebis). In context, the reference is probably to parapegmata, calendars in which the day is marked by the moving of a peg.”
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