Thesan
In Etruscan Religion and mythology, Thesan is the Etruscan goddess of the dawn, divination, and childbirth and was associated with the generation of life. Romans identified her with their Aurora and Mater Matuta and Greeks with Eos and Leucothea.(p60) In Etruria, she received offerings together with the sun god Usil in the liber linteus. She was especially worshipped at Caere's harbour of Pyrgi, where a temple was dedicated to her and a singular series of ‘‘daybreak antefixes’’ was excavated.
| Thesan | |
|---|---|
Goddess of the dawn | |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Eos |
| Roman equivalent | Aurora and Mater Matuta |
Thesan was depicted with wings and sometimes nude, such as a clay acroterium from Astrone valley.
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