What is Menrva?
[[File:Populonia AR 20 BMC 74000021.jpg|thumb|280px|Menrva pictured on a [[As (Roman coin)|Roman As]] from [[Etruria]]]] '''Menrva''' is the [[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]] [[Deity|goddess]] of [[war]], [[art]], [[wisdom]] and [[health]]. She was often associated with the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] goddess [[Athena]].<ref>The process, by analogy with ''[[interpretatio graeca]]'', was termed ''interpretatio etrusca'' by L.B. van der Meer, ''Interpretatio Etrusca': Greek Myths on Etruscan Mirrors''(Amsterdam) 1995.</ref> She was the precursor of the Roman [[Minerva]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Etruscan gods and goddesses]] {{religion-stub}}