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Turan (mythology)

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In Etruscan mythology, Turan was the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of Vulci (cur: Volci). In art, she was usually depicted as a young winged girl. Pigeons and black swans were her sacred animals. Her retinue were called Lasas.

She was equivalent to the Roman Venus and the Greek Aphrodite.

 


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