Aita

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Aita is an Etruscan underworld god, broadly analogous to the Greek Hades and associated with death and the afterlife.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Etruscan deity
underworld deity
analogousTo Hades NERFINISHED
Plouton NERFINISHED
appearsIn Etruscan funerary art
associatedConcept chthonic powers
associatedPlace underworld
associatedWith afterlife
death
fate of souls after death
funerary rituals
tombs
cosmicLocation world below the earth
culture Etruscan religion NERFINISHED
depictedWith chthonic attributes
wolf-skin headdress
domain underworld
equivalentInGreekMythology Hades NERFINISHED
equivalentInRomanMythology Dis Pater NERFINISHED
Pluto NERFINISHED
function guardian of the realm of the dead
gender male
hasConsortRoleWith queen of the underworld
iconographicInfluenceFrom Greek Hades NERFINISHED
languageContext Etruscan language inscriptions
mythologicalTradition Etruscan mythology NERFINISHED
nameVariant Aitas NERFINISHED
Eita NERFINISHED
religiousRole focus of funerary veneration
religiousSphere chthonic cults
role lord of the dead
ruler of the underworld
sharesAttributesWith Orcus NERFINISHED
Thanatos NERFINISHED
spouse Persipnei NERFINISHED
Phersipnai NERFINISHED
typeOfDeity chthonic deity
worshippedIn Etruria NERFINISHED
worshipPeriod first millennium BCE

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