Leinth
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In Etruscan mythology
, Leinth is the goddess of death
, whose name means "Old Age" or "Old Woman". In art, she was portrayed with the face veiled.
Leinth is depicted at the gates to the Underworld, or as a representative of Death or the journey to (or from) the Underworld.
Leinth's name is related to many gloomy words in Etruscan, such as leine, "to die"; leinie, "dead" or "inert"; another more literal meaning of Her name is "She Who Stops".
Despite Her name She is depicted as a young Goddess.
Etruscan mythology
The Etruscans were a diachronically continuous population, with a distinct language and culture during the period of earliest European writing, in the Mediterranean Iron Age in the second half of the first millennium BC...
, Leinth is the goddess of death
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
, whose name means "Old Age" or "Old Woman". In art, she was portrayed with the face veiled.
Leinth is depicted at the gates to the Underworld, or as a representative of Death or the journey to (or from) the Underworld.
Leinth's name is related to many gloomy words in Etruscan, such as leine, "to die"; leinie, "dead" or "inert"; another more literal meaning of Her name is "She Who Stops".
Despite Her name She is depicted as a young Goddess.