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In Etruscan mythology, Charun (also spelled Charu, or Karun) acted as one of the psychopompoi of the underworld (not to be confused with the lord of the underworld, known to the Etruscans as Aita). He is often portrayed with Vanth, a winged goddess also associated with the underworld.

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References

  1. Nancy DeGrummond & Erika Simon, The Religion of the Etruscans, 2006, p. 57.
  2. Terpening, p. 15.
  3. Emeline Hill Richardson. The Etruscans: Their Art and Civilization. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1964, 1976, ISBN:0-226-71234-6 ; ISBN:0-226-71235-4 p. 164; https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago
  4. Richardson, p. 164.
  5. Terpening, p. 15;
  6. Graeme Barker and Tom Rasmussen. The Etruscans. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 1998, 2000, p. 242 (compares ears to that of an ass); Rovin compares them to a boar like the tusks
  7. de Grummond, 227; Richardson, 164; "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20070619194324/http://keithdickinson.com/Monsters/00pl22L.jpg. Retrieved 2006-09-23. , [1], [2]
  8. De Grummond, chapter X
  9. Rovin, p. 50; [3], [4]
  10. Larissa Bonfante and Judith Swaddling. Etruscan Myths. University of Texas Press, 2006. p. 33.
  11. del Chiaro, plate XLVII
  12. Arnobius, II, 62.
  13. Starr, 451; de Grummond, Chapter X.
  14. de Grummond, Nancy. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History and Legend. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Museum, 2006, Chapter X.
  15. de Ruyt, p. 236, cited in Terpening, p. 14.
  16. Terpening, p. 15
  17. Terpening, pp. 14, 141 (where Michelangelo's depiction of Charon in the Sistine Chapel's Last Judgment shows the influence of Dante's Commedia [Inf. 3. 109-111], in turn influenced by Vergil's Aeneid 6, where the ferryman Charon has some Etruscan traits).
  18. Rose, p. 65.
  19. Rocco
  20. Rovin, p. 50.
  21. Image http://www.costaetrusca.com/infoet1.jpg
  22. Knight, p. 257 (quoted in Terpening, 85).
  23. de Grummond, Nancy. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History and Legend. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Museum, 2006. pp. 229-230.
  24. de Grummond, Chapter X.
  25. de Grummond, p. 230.
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