Laran’s Family Tree

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Family

• Turan(spouse)— Consort

  Turan and Laran are paired on Etruscan mirrors as lovers, the goddess of desire disarming the god of war in scenes that echo the Greek Aphrodite and Ares yet carry distinctly Etruscan iconographic conventions.

Equivalent to

• Ares(Greek),Mars(Roman)

  Ares, Mars, and Laran are the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan war gods transmitted through cultural contact across the Mediterranean. Mars held far greater honor in Rome as father of Romulus and patron of the state, while Laran appears armored on hundreds of Etruscan bronze mirrors.