Artume
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Artume was an Etruscan
goddess who was the goddess of night, of the moon (like another goddess, Losna
), death, nature, woods and fertility. She was associated with the Greek goddess Artemis
in later history. Aritimi was also considered the founder of the Etruscan town Aritie, which is today the Italian town Arezzo
.
Etruscan mythology
The Etruscans were a diachronically continuous population, with a distinct language and culture during the period of earliest European writing, in the Mediterranean Iron Age in the second half of the first millennium BC...
goddess who was the goddess of night, of the moon (like another goddess, Losna
Losna
----Losna was the Etruscan moon goddess, and was also associated with the ocean and tides. She is probably the same as the Greek Leukothea....
), death, nature, woods and fertility. She was associated with the Greek goddess Artemis
Artemis
Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name and indeed the goddess herself was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals"...
in later history. Aritimi was also considered the founder of the Etruscan town Aritie, which is today the Italian town Arezzo
Arezzo
Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
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