| Re: Vanth
Oh well, she's proven to be incredibly elusive, but very beautiul nonetheless.
Not much is known about her due to a significant lack of Etruscan literature. We only know her name due to a couple of inscriptions. Sometimes vanth is taken to be plural, others it is taken to be singular. Myself, I personal believe that Vanth was a goddess/ daemon, not a horde of them. As she seems to have a very specific role, and appears with Charu, the gatekeeper of the underworls. Now, people don't refer to Charu in the plural do they?
Anyways, very beautiful, alluring winged goddess. Often depicted with snakes around her arms and a torch (VERY cool images and statues actually), she led the dead to the underworld, and Churu would use his hammer to drive the bar/ lock of the Underworld's doors shut. No one could return.
Anyways, late at night, very tired, very fascinated by these obscure depictions. Figured I may as well turn this into a "who or what is your favourite mythological being/ figure and why" thread. Followed shortly by "Do you enjoy Myth for the subject or for the research, the Mythology? Hunting down and interpreting these fragmented remains of fascinating cultures?" |