Semla (mythology)

Semla (mythology)

Semla is the Etruscan name for the Greek goddess Semele from which she derives. Her name is sometimes misspelled Semia.

An Etruscan mirror from the 4th century BCE shows a woman inscribed as "Semla" holding a thyrsus and kissing the young Puphluns as he embraces her beside the presence of Apulu who holds a laurel branch. A boy with a small horsetail plays pipes.

See also

* Etruscan mythology

References

* G. Bonfante and L. Bonfante: The Etruscan Language: An Introduction, Manchester and New York, 1983


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