Turan’s Family Tree

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Family

• Atunis(spouse)— Consort

  Turan and Atunis appear together on Etruscan bronze mirrors in scenes of tender intimacy, the goddess of love embracing her beautiful mortal beloved in the Etruscan rendering of the Adonis myth.

• Laran(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

• Aphrodite(Greek),Astarte(Canaanite),Inanna(Mesopotamian),Venus(Roman)

  Inanna and Astarte are cognate deities across the Sumerian and Canaanite traditions. The Phoenician temple of Astarte at Kition in Cyprus was rededicated to Aphrodite, the Romans adopted Aphrodite wholesale as Venus, and the Etruscans received her as Turan, whose name blazes across hundreds of bronze mirrors in Greek mythological love scenes.

Associated with

• Elcsntre,Menrva,Uni

  Turan, Uni, and Menrva stood before Elcsntre in the Etruscan rendering of the Judgment of Paris, one of the most beloved scenes on bronze mirrors — Turan triumphant as the chosen goddess of beauty and desire.

• Alpan

  Alpan appears on Etruscan bronze mirrors as a winged attendant of Turan, bearing perfume vessels and garlands in scenes of divine beauty and desire.