Turms
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In Etruscan mythology
, Turms was the equivalent of Greek Hermes
, god of
trade and the messenger god between people and gods.
Turms is also a character in a book by Mika Waltari
"Turms the Immortal"
which takes
place at the end times of Etruscan civilization.
Etruscan mythology
The Etruscans were a diachronically continuous population, with a distinct language and culture during the period of earliest European writing, in the Mediterranean Iron Age in the second half of the first millennium BC...
, Turms was the equivalent of Greek Hermes
Hermes
Hermes is the great messenger of the gods in Greek mythology and a guide to the Underworld. Hermes was born on Mount Kyllini in Arcadia. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of the cunning of thieves, of orators and...
, god of
trade and the messenger god between people and gods.
Turms is also a character in a book by Mika Waltari
Mika Waltari
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian .- Early life :...
"Turms the Immortal"
The Etruscan
The Etruscan is a novel by Mika Waltari, published in 1956, telling of the adventures of a young man, Turms, which begins approximately in 480 BC. It tells of the spiritual development of Turms, as he adventures from Greece to Sicily, then to Rome and then finally to Tuscany, where he learns of his...
which takes
place at the end times of Etruscan civilization.