Vanth
Vanth is an Etruscan demon . She often appears as the youthful companion of Charun , god of the dead , is usually winged and depicted with a torch, with which she shows the dead the way to the afterlife. Also snakes and less often a scroll or a key are among their attributes. Some of their wings are also shown with eyes. The meaning of Vanth could have been a relief (sweetening) of the transition from life to death.
reception
The moon of the trans-Neptunian asteroid (90482) Orcus was named Vanth after the Etruscan demoness in April 2010 .
literature
- Elfriede Paschinger: The Etruscan death goddess Vanth . Association of Scientific Societies in Austria, Vienna 1992, ISBN 978-3-85369-862-4 (special publications of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna; 20; 2 volumes).
Individual evidence
- ^ Theresa Bane: Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures . McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-8894-0 , pp. 322 (English, full text in the Google book search).
- ↑ Asteroids with Satellites - (90482) Orcus