Charun
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In Etruscan mythology, Charun acted as one of the psychopompoi of the underworld. He is often portrayed with Vanth, a winged figure also associated with the underworld.
A typical depiction of Charun. From an Etruscan red-figure calyx-crater. End of the 4th century BC-beginning of the 3rd century BC.
The other side of the same artifact, depicting Ajax killing a Trojan prisoner in front of Charun.
Charun with a hammer on a fresco in the François Tomb in Vulci, 4th century BC
Charun, 500 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Etruscan religion
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Etruscan religion comprises the religious beliefs and practices of the Etruscan civilization. The Etruscans were polytheistic, and although there is some syncretism between their mythological traditio
Charun
…In Etruscan mythology, Charun (also spelled Charu, or Karun) acted as one of the psychopompoi of the underworld (not to be confused with the god of the underworld, known to…
Etruscan votive heads IV-II century BC found in various sanctuaries of Etruria
Rare Etruscan fanu located at Orvieto.
The Mars of Todi, a life-sized Etruscan bronze sculpture of a soldier making a votive offering, most likely to Laran, the Etruscan god of war, late 5th to early 4th century BC
Funerary home at Banditaccia with couches