What is Turan (mythology)?
{{no sources|date=March 2018}} [[Image:Etruscan - Balsamarium in the Form of a Deity with Winged Helmet - Walters 543004.jpg|thumb|[[Balsamarium]] possibly depicting Turan, or perhaps one of the Lasas ([[Walters Art Museum]])]] '''Turan''' was the goddess of love, beauty, desire, fertility and vitality in [[Etruscan mythology]] and the patron goddess of the city of [[Velch]]. She was the lover of [[Laran]], the god of war, and the Etruscan equivalent to the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] ([[Aphrodite]] in [[Greek mythology]]). [[Category:Etruscan gods and goddesses]] [[Category:Gods and goddesses of beauty]] [[Category:Gods and goddesses of fertility]] [[Category:Gods and goddesses of love and lust]] {{religion-stub}}