The male divinity (equivalent to the Greek Hades and Roman Pluto) presiding over the afterlife, often accompanied by a female counterpart, Phersipnai, and enthroned. These names are recorded in later tombs such as the Tombs of the Orco II (Tarquinia) and Tomba Golini (Orvieto). His attributes are a wolf skin and serpent scepter.
See also RELIGION
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.