- In
Etruscan mythology,
Voltumna or
Veltha was the
chthonic (relating to or
inhabiting the underworld) deity, who
became the
supreme god of the Etruscan...
- was held 13 August. The name
Vortumnus most
likely derives from
Etruscan Voltumna. Its
formation in
Latin was
probably influenced by the
Latin verb vertere...
-
Binomial name
Cosmosoma achemon (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms Zygaena achemon Fabricius, 1781
Euchromia tyrrhene Hübner, 1824
Cosmosoma voltumna Druce, 1897...
- in
Etruscan art. One
appears to be
divinities of an
indigenous origin:
Voltumna or Vertumnus, a primordial,
chthonic god; Usil, god(-dess) of the sun;...
-
Vetus in Asia
Minor in 75 BC. Some
scholars think that
Vortumnus (Etruscan
Voltumna) was
brought by
evocation to Rome in 264 BC as a
result of M.
Fulvius Flaccus's...
- one of the most
powerful cities of Etruria, the cult
centre of the god
Voltumna, and was
doubtless one of the 12
which formed the
Etruscan confederation...
- to Livy the
leading men of all of
Etruria gathered at the
sanctuary of
Voltumna to form an
alliance against Rome.
Beset by
dangers on all sides, the Romans...
- The
kings of
these towns used to meet in the
Fanum Voltumnae (shrine of
Voltumna) area at Volsinii, near Lake Bolsena. In
addition to the aforementioned...
-
Etruscan veltha, an
earth god,
appears as
Latin Vola or Olta and is in
Voltumna and Vertumnus, so the
parallel construction autumnus ought to come from...
- The
Fanum Voltumnae (‘shrine of
Voltumna’) was the
chief sanctuary of the Etruscans;
fanum means a
sacred place, a much
broader notion than a
single temple...
