Editing Etruscan civilization (section)

===Religion===
{{Main|Etruscan religion}}
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The Etruscan system of belief was an [[immanent]] [[polytheism]]; that is, all visible phenomena were considered to be a manifestation of [[divinity|divine]] power and that power was subdivided into [[deity|deities]] that acted continually on the world of man and could be dissuaded or persuaded in favor of human affairs. How to understand the will of deities, and how to behave, had been revealed to the Etruscans by two initiators, [[Tages]], a childlike figure born from tilled land and immediately gifted with prescience, and [[Vegoia]], a female figure. Their teachings were kept in a series of sacred books. Three layers of deities are evident in the extensive Etruscan art motifs. One appears to be divinities of an indigenous nature: [[Etruscan mythology|Catha]] and [[Usil]], the sun; ''Tivr'', the moon; [[Selvans]], a civil god; [[Turan (goddess)|Turan]], the goddess of love; [[Laran]], the god of war; [[Leinth]], the goddess of death; [[Maris (mythology)|Maris]]; [[Thalna]]; [[Turms]]; and the ever-popular [[Fufluns]], whose name is related in some way to the city of [[Populonia]] and the [[populus Romanus]], possibly, the god of the people.<ref name="bookonereligion">{{cite book|first1=De |last1=Grummond |first2=Nancy |last2=Thomson |year=2006 |title=Etruscan Mythology, Sacred History and Legend: An Introduction |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="booktworeligion">{{cite book |first=Erika |last=Simon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQtbJyFCd40C&q=Etruscan+religion&pg=PA1 |title=The religion of the Etruscans |via=Google Books | isbn=978-0-292-70687-3 |df=dmy-all|date = 2009-04-20|publisher=University of Texas Press }}</ref>

Ruling over this pantheon of lesser deities were higher ones that seem to reflect the [[Proto-Indo-European religion|Indo-European]] system: Tin or [[Tinia]], the sky, [[Uni (mythology)|Uni]] his wife ([[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]), and [[Cel (goddess)|Cel]], the earth goddess. In addition, some<!--Minerva is roman--> Greek and Roman gods were inspired by the Etruscan system: [[Artume|Aritimi]] ([[Artemis]]), [[Menrva]] ([[Minerva]]), Pacha ([[Dionysus]]). The Greek heroes taken from [[Homer]] also appear extensively in art motifs.<ref name="bookonereligion"/><ref name="booktworeligion"/>