Aita
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Aita (also spelled Eita in Etruscan inscriptions) is the name of the Etruscan equivalent to the Greek Hades, the divine ruler of the underworld.
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He is pictured in only a few instances in Etruscan tomb painting, such as in the Golini tomb from Orvieto and the tomb of Orcus II from Tarquinia.[1]
Aita is also pictured with his wife Phersipnai, the Etruscan equivalent to the Greek Persephone.
[edit] Etruscan chthonic figures
Other Etruscan chthonic (or underworld) figures include Charun, Calu, Phersipnai, Turms, Vanth, and Culsu
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- ^ De Grummond, 2006. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. p. 229-231
