Vanth
Sign in to savethumb|Vanth in a fresco in an Etruscan tomb in Tarquinia Vanth is a chthonic figure in Etruscan mythology shown in a variety of forms of funerary art, such as in tomb paintings and on sarcophagi.
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It is catalogued under topics including Etruscan goddesses, Etruscan mythology and Liminal deities.
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thumb|Vanth in a fresco in an Etruscan tomb in Tarquinia Vanth is a chthonic figure in Etruscan mythology shown in a variety of forms of funerary art, such as in tomb paintings and on sarcophagi.
==Background== Vanth is a female entity in the Etruscan underworld that is often accompanied either by additional Vanth figures or by another underworld entity, Charun (later referred to as Charu). Both Vanth and Charun are only seen in iconography beginning c. 400 BC, in the middle period of Etruscan art, although some earlier inscriptions mention her name.
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