Turan (mythology)

Turan was the goddess of love, beauty, desire, fertility and vitality in Etruscan mythology and the patron goddess of the city of Velch. She was the lover of Laran, the god of war, and the Etruscan equivalent to the Roman goddess Venus (Aphrodite in Greek mythology).

Balsamarium possibly depicting Turan, or perhaps one of the Lasas (Walters Art Museum)

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