Nethuns- Etruscan GodDeity
Also known as: Neฮธuns and ๐๐๐๐๐๐
Description
His name, abbreviated as neฮธ, holds a region on the bronze liver of Piacenza. At sacred springs across Etruria, worshippers scratched dedications to Nethuns on ceramic vessels and left them at the water's edge.
Mythology & Lore
On the Liver and at the Springs
On the Piacenza Liver, a bronze model of a sheep's liver used by Etruscan haruspices to map the divine cosmos, Nethuns holds his own region. His name appears abbreviated as "neฮธ," scratched into the metal alongside the other gods who divided the sky between them.
His worship lived at water sources. At sacred springs and wells across Etruria, worshippers scratched his name onto ceramic vessels and left them as offerings. The inscriptions are brief: a name, a dedication, a request. The springs that fed Etruscan cities and watered the fields belonged to Nethuns. No surviving myth tells what he did with them. The water simply came, and people gave thanks at the source.
Relationships
- Equivalent to