Aita

E815993

Aita is an Etruscan underworld god, broadly analogous to the Greek Hades and associated with death and the afterlife.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aita canonical 2
Aitas 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Etruscan deity ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
analogousTo Hades ⓘ
Plouton ⓘ
linked to: Pluto
appearsIn Etruscan funerary art ⓘ
associatedConcept chthonic powers ⓘ
associatedPlace underworld ⓘ
associatedWith afterlife ⓘ
death ⓘ
fate of souls after death ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
cosmicLocation world below the earth ⓘ
culture Etruscan religion ⓘ
depictedWith chthonic attributes ⓘ
wolf-skin headdress ⓘ
domain underworld ⓘ
equivalentInGreekMythology Hades ⓘ
equivalentInRomanMythology Dis Pater ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
function guardian of the realm of the dead ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasConsortRoleWith queen of the underworld ⓘ
iconographicInfluenceFrom Greek Hades ⓘ
linked to: Hades
languageContext Etruscan language inscriptions ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Etruscan mythology ⓘ
linked to: Etruscan religion
nameVariant Aitas ⓘ
linked to: Aita

Eita ⓘ
religiousRole focus of funerary veneration ⓘ
religiousSphere chthonic cults ⓘ
role lord of the dead ⓘ
ruler of the underworld ⓘ
sharesAttributesWith Orcus ⓘ
Thanatos ⓘ
spouse Persipnei ⓘ
Phersipnai ⓘ
typeOfDeity chthonic deity ⓘ
worshippedIn Etruria ⓘ
worshipPeriod first millennium BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aita → nameVariant → Aitas ⓘ
linked to: Aita